Sonnet 04

Robert Southey 1774 (Bristol) – 1843 (London)



What tho' no sculptur'd monument proclaim
 Thy fate-yet Albert in my breast I bear
Inshrin'd the sad remembrance; yet thy name
 Will fill my throbbing bosom. When DESPAIR
The child of murdered HOPE, fed on thy heart,
 Loved honored friend, I saw thee sink forlorn
Pierced to the soul by cold Neglect's keen dart,
 And Penury's hard ills, and pitying Scorn,
And the dark spectre of departed JOY
 Inhuman MEMORY. Often on thy grave
Love I the solitary hour to employ
Thinking on other days; and heave the sigh
 Responsive, when I mark the high grass wave
Sad sounding as the cold breeze rustles by.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABABCDCDEFEGFG
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 591
Words 107
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

Robert Southey

Robert Southey was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called "Lake Poets", and Poet Laureate for 30 years from 1813 to his death in 1843. more…

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