Love's Ebb And Flow
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy 1817 (Saint Petersburg) – 1875 (Chernigov Governorate)
Believe me not, dear, when in hours of anguish
I say my love for thee exists no more.
At ebb of tide, think not the sea is faithless;
It will return with love unto the shore.
E'en now I pine for thee with old-time passion,
And place my freedom in thy hands once more.
Already, with loud noise, the waves are hasting
Back from afar to the beloved shore.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Scheme | XAXA XAXA |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 353 |
Words | 71 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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