April.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)




Tell me, eyes, what 'tis ye're seeking;
  
For ye're saying something sweet,
  
Fit the ravish'd ear to greet,
Eloquently, softly speaking.
  
Yet I see now why ye're roving;
  
For behind those eyes so bright,
  
To itself abandon'd quite,
Lies a bosom, truthful, loving,
  
One that it must fill with pleasure
  
'Mongst so many, dull and blind,
  
One true look at length to find,
That its worth can rightly treasure.
  
Whilst I'm lost in studying ever
  
To explain these cyphers duly,
  
To unravel my looks truly
In return be your endeavour!
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

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Scheme A B BA A C CA D E ED D F FD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 534
Words 102
Stanzas 12
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2

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