Lines.—I cannot sleep
Louisa Stuart Costello 1799 – 1870
I cannot sleep—my nights glide on
In one unbroken thought of thee;
And when the gloomy shades are gone,
I start the dawning light to see.
And as I watch the rising morn
Gain slowly o'er the yielding sky,
And mark another day new born,
That glows so brightly—yet must die—
I think how all the hopes we cherish
As transient, though as bright, will be;
And frailest of the hopes that perish
Were mine, that told of love and thee!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | X A X A B C B C D A D A |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 464 |
Words | 83 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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