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WHENCE COMES THIS SINGING?

Ruby Yvette Jenkins 1898 (United States) – 1992 (United States)

Whence this singing in my breast?
Whence this wondrous peace and rest?
Whence this joy that doth compel
Of this vibrant love to sell?

When the world is with me much,
When I need the tender touch
Of someone who understands,
Then appear the nail-pierced hands.
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Submitted on May 10, 2022

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Scheme AABB CCDD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 259
Words 52
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
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