Art And Love

Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919



For many long uninterrupted years
She was the friend and confidant of Art;
They walked together, heart communed with heart
In that sweet comradeship that so endears.
Her fondest hope, her sorrows and her fears
She told her mate; who would in turn impart
Important truths and secrets.  But a dart,

Shot by that unskilled, mischevous boy, who peers
From ambush on us, struck one day in her breast,
And Love sprang forth to kiss away her tears.
She thought his brow shone with a wonderous grace;
But, when she turned to introduce her guest
To Art, behold, she found an empty place,
The goddess fled, with sad, averted face.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme ABBAABB ACXDCDD
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 620
Words 112
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 7, 7

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