Lost!
Leon Gellert 1892 (Australia) – 1977
A moon upon a moonlit sea
To me thou art;
And every shining part
Of heaven belong to thee;
And in my deepest dreams
Those little timid beams
Come down to me.
Art as a faintly perfumed flower
In perfumed glades;
And in the sombre shades
At every falling shower
Of rain, or shroud of dew,
Each broken, blistered willow knew
A fragrant power.
And yet thou art a woman too
No less then these;
Thou art by lands and seas
A woman that I knew.
And I would know the more;
But now the lovely shore
Is lost to view.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABBACCA DEEDFFD FGGFHHF |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 493 |
Words | 103 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7 |
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