O, Struck Beneath The Laurel

George Edward Woodberry 1855 (Beverly) – 1930



O, STRUCK beneath the laurel, where the singing fountains are,
I saw from heaven falling the star of love afar;
O, slain in Eden’s bower nigh the bourn where lovers rest,
I fell upon the arrow that was buried in my breast;
Farewell the noble labor, farewell the silent pain,
Farewell the perfect honor of the long years lived in vain;
I lie upon the moorland where the wood and pasture meet,
And the cords that no man breaketh are bound about my feet.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AABBCCDD
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 456
Words 86
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8

George Edward Woodberry

George Edward Woodberry, Litt. D., LL. D. was an American literary critic and poet. more…

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