A Greek Lyrist Sings Of Apollo.

Margaret Steele Anderson 1867 – 1921



Ah, it was he I heard at early dawn,
From the high hilltop and the dew-wet hollow,
While I was yet as tender as a fawn.
Calling me, "Follow!"
  
And it was he who spoke at sultry noon,
By the bright pool, when Dian was away:
"Frail is your harp as is the crescent moon,
Yet shall you play!"
  
Still do I hear that calling, Apollo!
Though it is far, and failing is the light:
"Lo, you are spent, but you shall rise and follow
Into the night!"
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 27, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB CDCD BEBE
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 431
Words 93
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

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