Hope
William Lisle Bowles 1762 (King's Sutton) – 1850
As one who, long by wasting sickness worn,
Weary has watched the lingering night, and heard
Unmoved the carol of the matin bird
Salute his lonely porch; now first at morn
Goes forth, leaving his melancholy bed;
He the green slope and level meadow views,
Delightful bathed with slow-ascending dews;
Or marks the clouds, that o'er the mountain's head
In varying forms fantastic wander white;
Or turns his ear to every random song,
Heard the green river's winding marge along,
The whilst each sense is steeped in still delight.
So o'er my breast young Summer's breath I feel,
Sweet Hope! thy fragrance pure and healing incense steal!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 625 |
| Words | 109 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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