Don't Drive Me Away

Louisa May Alcott 1832 – 1888



'Don't drive me away,
But hear what I say:
Bad men want the gold;
They will steal it to-night,
And you must take flight;
So be quiet and busy and bold.'

'Slip away with me,
And you will see
What a wise little thing am I;
For the road I show
No man can know,
Since it's up in the pathless sky.'

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABCCB DDEFFE
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 290
Words 66
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 6

Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. more…

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