Song: Yes, Mary Ann

Thomas Lovell Beddoes 1803 (Clifton, Bristol) – 1849 (Basel)



Yes, Mary Ann, I freely grant,
 The charms of Henry's eyes I see;
 But while I gaze, I something want,
 I want those eyes -- to gaze on me.

 And I allow, in Henry's heart
   Not Envy's self a fault can see:
 Yet still I must one wish impart,
   I wish that heart -- to sigh for me.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA BABA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 289
Words 60
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4

Thomas Lovell Beddoes

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