Over The Hills
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
Over the hills and the valleys of dreaming
Slowly I take my way.
Life is the night with its dream-visions teeming,
Death is the waking at day.
Down thro' the dales and the bowers of loving,
Singing, I roam afar.
Daytime or night-time, I constantly roving,--
Dearest one, thou art my star.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABAB ACAC |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 289 |
Words | 55 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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