A Child Screening A Dove From A Hawk. By Stewardson
AY, screen thy favourite dove, fair child,
Ay, screen it if you may,--
Yet I misdoubt thy trembling hand
Will scare the hawk away.
That dove will die, that child will weep,--
Is this their destinie?
Ever amid the sweets of life
Some evil thing must be.
Ay, moralize,--is it not thus
We've mourn'd our hope and love?
Alas! there's tears for every eye,
A hawk for every dove!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Scheme | XAXA XXXX XBXB |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 370 |
Words | 74 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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