Lines To Helen
Helen Maria Williams 1761 (London) – 1827
A NEW-BORN INFANT, 1821.
She lives-that first pulsation of the heart
Is life!-receive, dear babe, thy destin'd part;
Yet frail thy being as the op'ning rose
When chill the rude wind blows.
But ah, be like the blossom of the vale,
Lov'd infant, shelter'd from the mountain gale;
On whose meek head descend no ruffling showers,
Who lives the span of flowers.
And far from thee may sorrow's tempest bend,
Nor ever wasting pangs the bosom rend;
Calm be thy day of life, and o'er its bloom
May evening mildly come!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | A BBCC DDEE XAXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 517 |
Words | 94 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4 |
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