Lines To A Withered Leaf Seen On A Poet's Table
Jones Very 1813 (Salem) – 1880
Poet's hand has placed thee there,
Autumn's brown and withered scroll!
Though to outward eye not fair,
Thou hast beauty for the soul,
Though no human pen has traced
On that leaf its learned lore,
Love divine the page has graced,—
What can words discover more?
Not alone dim Autumn's blast
Echoes from yon tablet sear,—
Distant music of the Past
Steals upon the poet's ear.
Voices sweet of summer hours,
Spring's soft whispers murmur by;
Feathered songs from leafy bowers
Draw his listening soul on high.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 23, 2023
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Scheme | ABAB CDCD EXEX FGFG |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 500 |
Words | 91 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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