The Passing of Love
Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal 1829 (London) – 1862 (London)
O God, forgive me that I ranged
My live into a dream of love!
Will tears of anguish never wash
The passion from my blood?
Love kept my heart in a song of joy,
My pulses quivered to the tune;
The coldest blasts of winter blew
Upon me like sweet airs in June.
Love floated on the mists of morn
And rested on the sunset’s rays;
He calmed the thunder of the storm
And lighted all my ways.
Love held me joyful through the day
And dreaming ever through the night;
No evil thing could come to me,
My spirit was so light.
O Heaven help my foolish heart
Which heeded not the passing time
That dragged my idol from its place
And shattered all its shrine.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 635 |
| Words | 129 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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