The Lady of the Lake: Canto 3 (excerpt)

Sir Walter Scott 1771 (College Wynd, Edinburgh) – 1832 (Abbotsford, Roxburghshire)



CORONACH

   He is gone on the mountain,
      He is lost to the forest,
  Like a summer-dried fountain,
      When our need was the sorest.
  The font, reappearing,
      From the rain-drops shall borrow,
  But to us comes no cheering,
      To Duncan no morrow!

  The hand of the reaper
      Takes the ears that are hoary,
  But the voice of the weeper
      Wails manhood in glory.
  The autumn winds rushing
      Waft the leaves that are searest,
  But our flower was in flushing,
      When blighting was nearest.

  Fleet foot on the correi,
      Sage counsel in cumber,
  Red hand in the foray,
      How sound is thy slumber!
  Like the dew on the mountain,
      Like the foam on the river,
  Like the bubble on the fountain,
      Thou art gone, and for ever!

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 08, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABABCDCD EFDFCBCB DEXEAEAE
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 755
Words 127
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8

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