The Sunshine of Thine Eyes

George Parsons Lathrop 1851 (Honolulu) – 1898 (New York)



The sunshine of thine eyes,
(O still, celestial beam!)
Whatever it touches it fills
With the life of its lambent gleam.

The sunshine of thine eyes,
O let it fall on me!
Though I be but a mote of the air,
I could turn to gold for thee!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified by acronimous on July 15, 2020

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Quick analysis:

Scheme Abxb Acxc
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 228
Words 49
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4

George Parsons Lathrop

George Parsons Lathrop was an American poet, novelist, and newspaper editor. He married Nathaniel Hawthorne's daughter, Rose Hawthorne. more…

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