One Tear
Robert Fuller Murray 1863 – 1894
Last night, when at parting
Awhile we did stand,
Suddenly starting,
There fell on my hand
Something that burned it,
Something that shone
In the moon as I turned it,
And then it was gone.
One bright stray jewel -
What made it stray?
Was I cold or cruel,
At the close of day?
Oh, do not cry, lass!
What is crying worth?
There is no lass like my lass
In the whole wide earth.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB CXCX DEDE FGFG |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 365 |
Words | 77 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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