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The Nightingale Has A Lyre Of Gold

William Ernest Henley 1849 (Gloucester) – 1903 (Woking)

The nightingale has a lyre of gold,
The lark's is a clarion-call,
And the blackbird plays but a boxwood flute,
But I love him best of all.

For his song is all of the joy of life,
And we in the mad, spring weather,
We two have listened till he sang
Our hearts and lips together.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 11, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA XBXB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 278
Words 58
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
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William Ernest Henley

William Ernest Henley was an English poet, critic and editor, best remembered for his 1875 poem "Invictus". more…

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