An April Aria.
George Parsons Lathrop 1851 (Honolulu) – 1898 (New York)
When the mornings dankly fall
With a dim forethought of rain,
And the robins richly call
To their mates mercurial,
And the tree-boughs creak and strain
In the wind;
When the river's rough with foam,
And the new-made clearings smoke,
And the clouds that go and come
Shine and darken frolicsome,
And the frogs at evening croak
Undefined
Mysteries of monotone,
And by melting beds of snow
Wind-flowers blossom all alone;
Then I know
That the bitter winter's dead.
Over his head
The damp sod breaks so mellow, -
Its mosses tipped with points of yellow, -
I cannot but be glad;
Yet this sweet mood will borrow
Something of a sweeter sorrow,
To touch and turn me sad.
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABACBDEFGEFDHIHIJJIIKIIK |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 638 |
Words | 119 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
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