A Song. The Lover The Lute Of His Deceased Mistress.

John Carr, Sir 1772 – 1832 (London, United Kingdom)



Alas! but like a summer's dream
All the delight I felt appears,
While mis'ry's weeping moments seem
A ling'ring age of tears.
  
Then breathe my sorrows, plaintive lute!
And pour thy soft consoling tone,
While I, a list'ning mourner mute,
Will call each tender grief my own.
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

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Scheme AXAX BCBC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 267
Words 48
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4

John Carr, Sir

Sir John Carr (1772–1832) was an English barrister and (travel) writer. more…

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