In The Train, And At Versailles

Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)



In a dull swiftness we are carried by
With bodies left at sway and shaking knees.
The wind has ceased, or is a feeble breeze
Warm in the sun. The leaves are not yet dry
From yesterday's dense rain. All, low and high,
A strong green country; but, among its trees,
Ruddy and thin with Autumn. After these
There is the city still before the sky.
Versailles is reached. Pass we the galleries
And seek the gardens. A great silence here,
Through the long planted alleys, to the long
Distance of water. More than tune or song,
Silence shall grow to awe within thine eyes,
Till thy thought swim with the blue turning sphere.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Closest metre Iambic pentameter
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Words 116
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

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