Sight
Unseemly are the open eyes
That watch the midnight sheep,
That look upon the secret skies
Nor close, abashed, in sleep;
That see the dawn drag in, unbidden,
To birth another day-
Oh, better far their gaze were hidden
Below the decent clay.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | ABAB CDCD |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 248 |
| Words | 45 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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