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Lines For A Sun-Dial

Alfred Noyes 1880 (Wolverhampton) – 1958 (Isle of Wight)

With shadowy pen I write,
Till time be done,
Good news of some strange light,
Some far off sun.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme ABAB
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 100
Words 21
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
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Alfred Noyes

Alfred Noyes was an English poet best known for his ballads The Highwayman 1906 and The Barrel Organ more…

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