Sonnet VIII
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton 1808 (Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Sheridan London) – 1877 (London)
TO MY BOOKS.
SILENT companions of the lonely hour,
Friends, who can never alter or forsake,
Who for inconstant roving have no power,
And all neglect, perforce, must calmly take,--
Let me return to YOU; this turmoil ending
Which worldly cares have in my spirit wrought,
And, o'er your old familiar pages bending,
Refresh my mind with many a tranquil thought:
Till, haply meeting there, from time to time,
Fancies, the audible echo of my own,
'Twill be like hearing in a foreign clime
My native language spoke in friendly tome,
And with a sort of welcome I shall dwell
On these, my unripe musings, told so well.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | X ABABCDCDEXEXFF |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 616 |
Words | 111 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 14 |
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