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The Silver Swan, Who Living Had No Note

Orlando Gibbons 1583 – 1625

The silver swan, who living had no note,
  When death approach'd, unlock'd her silent throat;
  Leaning her breast against the reedy shore,
  Thus sung her first and last, and sung no more.
  Farewell, all joys; O Death, come close mine eyes;
  More geese than swans now live, more fools than wise.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 01, 2023

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Scheme AABBCC
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 301
Words 53
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
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Orlando Gibbons

Orlando Gibbons was an English composer, virginalist and organist who was the leading composer of early 17th-century England and one of the last figures of the English Madrigal School. more…

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