Dirge
Robert Calverley Trevelyan 1872 (England, ) – 1951 ( Dorking, )
Gone is he now.
One flower the less
Is left to make
For thee less lone
Earth's wilderness,
Where thou
Must still live on.
What hath been, ne'er
May be again.
Yet oft of old,
To cheat despair,
Tales false and fair
In vain
Of death were told.
O vain belief!
O'erweening dreams!
Trust not fond hope,
Nor think that bliss
Which neither seems,
Nor is,
Aught else than grief.
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXXXXAX BXCBBXC DEXXEXD |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 358 |
Words | 73 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7 |
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