Sonnet To Mrs. Bates
Helen Maria Williams 1761 (London) – 1827
Oh, thou whose melody the heart obeys,
Thou who can'st all its subject passions move,
Whose notes to heav'n the list'ning soul can raise,
Can thrill with pity, or can melt with love!
Happy! whom nature lent this native charm;
Whose melting tones can shed with magic power,
A sweeter pleasure o'er the social hour,
The breast to softness sooth, to virtue warm-But
yet more happy! that thy life as clear
From discord, as thy perfect cadence flows;
That tun'd to sympathy, thy faithful tear,
In mild accordance falls for others woes;
That all the tender, pure affections bind
In chains of harmony, thy willing mind!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABACDEEFGHIHJJ |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 607 |
Words | 108 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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