Song.—The transient time
Louisa Stuart Costello 1799 – 1870
The transient time, for ever past,
How shall I dare review!—
The fatal day we parted last,
And wept out last adieu!
Alas! that day has swell'd to years—
That sorrow to a sea of tears!
I would the mournful thoughts would fly,
Regretted, loved in vain,
Among the dreams of memory
That never come again!—
Would their remembrance might decay,
Swept like the autumn leaves away!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | A B A B X X X X X X C C |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 399 |
Words | 71 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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