Spring in New Zealand
Hubert Church 1857 – 1932
Thou wilt come with suddenness,
Like a gull between the waves,
Or a snowdrop that doth press
Through the white shroud on the graves;
Like a love too long withheld,
That at last has over-welled.
What if we have waited long,
Brooding by the Southern Pole,
Where the towering icebergs throng,
And the inky surges roll:
What can all their terror be
When thy fond winds compass thee?
They shall blow through all the land
Fragrance of thy cloudy throne,
Underneath the rainbow spanned
Thou wilt enter in thine own,
And the glittering earth shall shine
Where thy footstep is divine
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XAXABB CDCDEE FGFGHH |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 650 |
Words | 103 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
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