I'm A-waiting and A-watching
Joseph Seamon Cotter 1861 (Louisville) – 1949
I'm a-waiting and a-watching for the day that has no end.
For the sun that's ever shining, for its rays that ever blend;
For the light that casts no shadows, for the sky that's ever fair,
For the rose that's ever blooming as its fragrance fills the air.
I'm a-waiting and a watching for the land that knows no night;
Where the terrors of the darkness are dispelled in morning's light,
Where the murmurs of the breezes blend themselves into a song,
And the silvery carol echoes to the heavens, soft and long.
I'm a-waiting and a-watching for the song that's never o'er,
For the joy that's never ending on that light-emblazoned shore,
For the peace that shall enfold me with the heaven's holy breath,
For the glory that shall greet me, for the life that knows no death.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AABB CCDD XXEE |
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Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 773 |
Words | 141 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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