Madonna
Alfred Austin 1835 (Leeds) – 1913 (Ashford)
Let me, calm face, remain
For ever in these sweet sequestered nooks,
Remote from pain,
Where leafy laurustinus overlooks
The blue abounding main.
Ne'er will I crave, I vow,
Your loveliness despite, that we may stand
More nigh than now;
You, with the fresh-plucked roses in your hand,
And I with inclined brow.
With air, and sea, and sky,
And penetrative music on the beach,
All that is high,
And far, and holy, and beyond our reach,
I you identify.
Then, lady, let me stay,
Here where no storm nor surge of discontent
Can find its way;
Hearkening your holy admonitions, blent
With murmurs from the bay.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABABA CDCDC EFEFE GXGDG |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 591 |
Words | 109 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
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