To a Maniac
Amelia Opie 1769 (Norwich, England) – 1853 (Norwich, England)
There was a time, poor phrensied maid,
When I could o'er thy grief have mourned,
And still with tears the tale repaid
Of sense by sorrow's sway o'erturned.
But now thy state my envy moves:
For thou art woe's unconscious prize;
Thy heart no sense of suffering proves,
No fruitless tears bedew thine eyes.
Excess of sorrow, kind to thee,
At once destroyed thy reason's power;
But reason still remains to me,
And only bids me grieve the more.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AXAA BCBC DXDX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 436 |
Words | 81 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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