Among The Millet
Archibald Lampman 1861 (Upper Canada) – 1899 (Ottawa, Canada)
The dew is gleaming in the grass,
The morning hours are seven,
And I am fain to watch you pass,
Ye soft white clouds of heaven.
Ye stray and gather, part and fold;
The wind alone can tame you;
I think of what in time of old
The poets loved to name you.
They called you sheep, the sky your sward,
A field without a reaper;
They called the shining sun your lord,
The shepherd wind your keeper.
Your sweetest poets I will deem
The men of old for moulding
In simple beauty such a dream,
And I could lie beholding,
Where daisies in the meadow toss,
The wind from morn till even,
Forever shepherd you across
The shining field of heaven.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 27, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IXIB |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 619 |
Words | 124 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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