From Yon Darkened Keep



There afar in yon darkened keep,
Beyond my casement high,
Stands the stone of an angel lost
That yet earthly lingers nigh.
The wind blows, the mist flows,
From the graven chill,  
And thus upon she wanders forth,       
For she loves me still.

O’ to sorrow, to journey forth,
Hath become her spirit’s end,
To breach amid the nightly mist
And carry upon the wind!
The moon glows, and time slows,  
As she wanders from the nil;
Thus many years she’s borne upon,
For she loves me still

My one true love grieves in death,
Thus she doth not sleep,
As yet she treks her earthly course
From yon darkened keep.
As the wind blows, the mist flows,
Forever and ever ‘til,
And thereupon she’ll wander forth,  
For she loves me still.
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Scheme abxbcdeD exxxcdxD xaxacdeD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 717
Words 132
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8

R. L. McCallum

ABOUT ME ​I am a Gothic fiction novelist, poet, and short story writer who currently resides in Hamilton, Montana. My imagination, my travels, and my educational background in history, folklore, myths, legends , superstitions, and cultural taboos provide me with enough creative gunpowder to discharge some relatively fiery and frightful displays of prose and poetry. ​ I grew up with the gift of storytelling, which entertained my friends and siblings and encouraged the wrath of my elders. As years fell behind me, my imagination grew and the voices within became persistent, guiding me onward through the mist and into the shadowy regions where the darkest of deeds are done by the darkest of characters. more…

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