The Poet's Delay
Henry David Thoreau 1817 (Concord) – 1862 (Concord)
IN vain I see the morning rise,
In vain observe the western blaze,
Who idly look to other skies,
Expecting life by other ways.
Amidst such boundless wealth without,
I only still am poor within,
The birds have sung their summer out,
But still my spring does not begin.
Shall I then wait the autumn wind,
Compelled to seek a milder day,
And leave no curious nest behind,
No woods still echoing to my lay?
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 399 |
Words | 77 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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