The Tryst
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 1832 (Kvikne) – 1910 (Paris)
Silent I'm biding,
While softly gliding
Sink the still hours to eternity's sleep.
My fancies roaming
List in the gloaming:-
Will she the trysting now keep?
Winter is dreaming,
Bright stars are beaming,
Smiling their light through its cloud-veil they pour,
Summer foretelling
Sweet love compelling;-
Dare she not meet me here more?
'Neath the ice lying,
Longing and sighing,
Ocean would wander and warmer lands woo.
Anchored ships swinging,
Sail-thoughts outflinging;-
Come we together, we two!
Whirling and fallings
Pictures enthralling,
Fairy-light made in the forest the snow;
Wood-folk are straying,
Shadows are playing;-
Was it your footstep? Oh, no!
Courage is failing,
Hoar frost assailing
Boughs of your longing surrounds with its spell.
But I dare enter,
Break to the center,
Where in dream-fetters you dwell.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABAAB AACAAC AADAAD XAEAAE AAFGGF |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 796 |
Words | 134 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
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