In An Album

Arthur Sherburne Hardy 1847 (Andover) – 1930 (Woodstock)



Like the south-flying swallow the summer has flown,
Like a fast-falling star, from unknown to unknown
Life flashes and falters and fails from our sight,
Good-night, friends, good-night.
  
Like home-coming swallows that seek the old eaves,
Like the buds that wait patient beneath the dead leaves,
Love shall sleep in our hearts till our hands meet again,
Till then, friends, till then!
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Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 378
Words 63
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4

Arthur Sherburne Hardy

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