There Is A Wheel Inside My Head

William Ernest Henley 1849 (Gloucester) – 1903 (Woking)



There is a wheel inside my head
Of wantonness and wine,
An old, cracked fiddle is begging without,
But the wind with scents of the sea is fed,
And the sun seems glad to shine.

The sun and the wind are akin to you,
As you are akin to June.
But the fiddle! . . . It giggles and twitters about,
And, love and laughter! who gave him the cue? -
He's playing your favourite tune.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 16, 2023

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Scheme ABCAB DECDE
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 372
Words 75
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 5, 5

William Ernest Henley

William Ernest Henley was an English poet, critic and editor, best remembered for his 1875 poem "Invictus". more…

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