All Last Night
Lascelles Abercrombie 1881 (Ashton upon Mersey) – 1938 (London)
All last night I had quiet
In a fragrant dream and warm:
She became my Sabbath,
And round my neck, her arm.
I knew the warmth in my dreaming;
The fragrance, I suppose,
Was her hair about me,
Or else she wore a rose.
Her hair I think; for likest
Woodruffe 'twas, when Spring
Loitering down the wet woodways
Treads it sauntering.
No light, nor any speaking;
Fragrant only and warm.
Enough to know my lodging,
The white Sabbath of her arm.
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 18, 2023
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Scheme | ABXC DEXE ADED DBDC |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 438 |
Words | 87 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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