Song: Memory, hither come

William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)



Memory, hither come,
       And tune your merry notes;
   And, while upon the wind
       Your music floats,

   I'll pore upon the stream
       Where sighing lovers dream,
   And fish for fancies as they pass
       Within the watery glass.

   I'll drink of the clear stream,
      And hear the linnet's song;
  And there I'll lie and dream
      The day along:

  And, when night comes, I'll go
      To places fit for woe,
  Walking along the darken'd valley
      With silent Melancholy.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 06, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA BBCC BDBD EEFF
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 484
Words 77
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

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