A Little Memory
Aldous Leonard Huxley 1894 (Aldous Leonard Huxley Godalming, Surrey) – 1963 (Los Angeles County, California)
White in the moonlight,
Wet with dew,
We have known the languor
Of being two.
We have been weary
As children are,
When over them, radiant,
A stooping star,
Bends their Good-Night,
Kissed and smiled:--
Each was mother,
Each was child.
Child, from your forehead
I kissed the hair,
Gently, ah, gently:
And you were
Mistress and mother
When on your breast
I lay so safely
And could rest.
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on April 23, 2023
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Scheme | ABCB CCXC ADCD XCEC CFEF |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 376 |
Words | 74 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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