Dying! To be afraid of thee
Dying! To be afraid of thee
One must to thine Artillery
Have left exposed a Friend—
Than thine old Arrow is a Shot
Delivered straighter to the Heart
The leaving Love behind.
Not for itself, the Dust is shy,
But, enemy, Beloved be
Thy Batteries divorce.
Fight sternly in a Dying eye
Two Armies, Love and Certainty
And Love and the Reverse.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 337 |
| Words | 64 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
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