Song.—Yes, I had hope
Louisa Stuart Costello 1799 – 1870
Yes! I had hope when first we met,
For hope and joy were in thine eye;
'Twas long before I could forget,
I trusted thee so tenderly.
And even now, though years are flown,
And all that charm'd me then was vain,
I think on happy moments flown,
Until they seem to live again.
But I awake to truth and woe,
And vanish'd is the pleasing dream,
Like the frail shade the moonbeams throw,
Or image in the passing stream
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AXAX BXBX CDCD |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 432 |
Words | 82 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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