Song.—Oh, had I ne'er beheld thee
Louisa Stuart Costello 1799 – 1870
Oh! had I ne'er beheld thee
How calm my life had flown!
As cold, as pure and tranquil
As some fair vale unknown;
Where never yet the footsteps
Of wand'ring man has stray'd;
That smiles in lonely beauty
Unheeded—unsurve'd.
How cheerfully the moments
In sweet content went by,
When sorrow's cloud pass'd swiftly
Across a placid sky:
The charm of peace is broken—
Can nought its dream restore?
That sky, obscured by sadness,
Shall ne'er be cloudless more.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABXB XCAC XDAD XEXE |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 467 |
Words | 80 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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