"Helen"



Helen most beautiful, Helen most fairest of all
Helen outshines the sun
Give radiance to all my stars Helen
Helen the beautiful, Helen shines

Shine in my darkest night Helen
Glow in my twilight too
Surrender the sacred to lovers of light
To poets and dreamers like me

Hold out your lamp Helen raise up your torch
Soar on the Milky Way
Sigh to Venus, cry for Mars
Be my brightness on the brightest day

Dream tonight Helen of lovers and poets
Never close your eyes, your eyes your eyes
Your beautiful eyes, never close your eyes
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Submitted on September 13, 2009

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAAX AXXX XBXB XCC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 512
Words 97
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 3

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