To Timarion
Marjorie Lowry Christie Pickthall 1883 (Gunnersbury, London) – 1922 (Vancouver)
HAD I the thrush's throat, I could not sing you
Songs sweeter than his own. And I'm too poor
To lay the gifts that other lovers bring you
Low at your silver door.
Such as I have, I give. See, for your taking
Tired hands are here, and feet grown dark with dust.
Here's a lost hope, and here a heart whose aching
Grows greater than its trust.
Sleep on, you will not hear me. But to-morrow
You will remember in your fragrant ways,
Finding the voice of twilight and my sorrow
Lovelier than all men's praise.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AXAX BCBC DEDE |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 500 |
Words | 99 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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