Lament VIII
Jan Kochanowski 1530 (Sycyna Północna) – 1584 (Lublin)
Thou hast made all the house an empty thing,
Dear Ursula, by this thy vanishing.
Though we are here, 'tis yet a vacant place,
One little soul had filled so great a space.
For thou didst sing thy joyousness to all,
Running through every nook of house and hall.
Thou wouldst not have thy mother grieve, nor let
Thy father with too solemn thinking fret
His head, but thou must kiss them, daughter mine,
And all with that entrancing laugh of thine!
Now on the house has fallen a dumb blight:
Thou wilt not come with archness and delight,
But every corner lodges lurking grief
And all in vain the heart would seek relief.
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFF GG |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 606 |
Words | 115 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 2 |
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