Daphnis and Chloe

Haniel Long 1888 – 1956



You found it difficult to woo—
so do we who follow you.

Everyone would like to mate;
Everyone has had to wait.

So much beauty, so much burning!
But ages pass as we are learning.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AA BB CC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 182
Words 37
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2

Haniel Long

Haniel Clark Long was an American poet, novelist, publisher and academic. more…

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