A Northern Legend. - From The German Of Uhland. (Translations.)

William Cullen Bryant 1794 (Cummington) – 1878 (New York City)



There sits a lovely maiden,
The ocean murmuring nigh;
She throws the hook, and watches;
The fishes pass it by.
  
A ring, with a red jewel,
Is sparkling on her hand;
Upon the hook she binds it,
And flings it from the land.
  
Uprises from the water
A hand like ivory fair.
What gleams upon its finger?
The golden ring is there.
  
Uprises from the bottom
A young and handsome knight;
In golden scales he rises,
That glitter in the light.
  
The maid is pale with terror,
"Nay, Knight of Ocean, nay,
It was not thee I wanted;
Let go the ring, I pray."
  
"Ah, maiden, not to fishes
The bait of gold is thrown;
The ring shall never leave me,
And thou must be my own."
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XABA XCXC DEDE XFBF DGXG BHXH
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 642
Words 134
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

William Cullen Bryant

William Cullen Bryant was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. more…

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