Slain



You who are still and white
    And cold like stone;
    For whom the unfailing light
    Is spent and done;

    For whom no more the breath
    Of dawn, nor evenfall
    Nor Spring, nor love, nor death
    Matter at all;

    Who were so strong and young
    And brave and wise,
    And on the dark are flung
    With darkened eyes;
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Submitted by naama on July 15, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXAX BCBC DEDE
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 321
Words 57
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

Thomas William Hodgson Crosland

Thomas William Hodgson Crosland (21 July 1865 – 23 December 1924) was a British author, poet and journalist. more…

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