To a Friend
William Lisle Bowles 1762 (King's Sutton) – 1850
Go, then, and join the murmuring city's throng!
Me thou dost leave to solitude and tears;
To busy phantasies, and boding fears,
Lest ill betide thee; but 't will not be long
Ere the hard season shall be past; till then
Live happy; sometimes the forsaken shade
Remembering, and these trees now left to fade;
Nor, mid the busy scenes and hum of men,
Wilt thou my cares forget: in heaviness
To me the hours shall roll, weary and slow,
Till mournful autumn past, and all the snow
Of winter pale, the glad hour I shall bless
That shall restore thee from the crowd again,
To the green hamlet on the peaceful plain.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABCADEEDBFFGDH |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 616 |
Words | 115 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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