Dartside, 1849
Charles Kingsley 1819 – 1875
I cannot tell what you say green leaves,
I cannot tell what you say :
But I know that there is a spirit in you,
And a word in you this day.
I cannot tell what you say, rosy rocks,
I cannot tell what you say :
But I know that there is a spirit in you,
And a word in you this day.
I cannot tell what you say, brown streams,
I cannot tell what you say :
But I know that in you too a spirit doth live,
And a word doth speak this day.
"Oh green is the colour of faith and truth,
And rose the colour of love and youth,
And brown of the fruitful clay.
Sweet Earth is faithful, and fruitful, and young,
And her bridal day shall come ere long,
And you shall know what the rocks and the streams
And the whispering woodlands say."
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | xABA xABA cAxa ddaxxca |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 727 |
Words | 151 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 7 |
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