Liebesweh

Dora Wilcox 1873 (Christchurch) – 1953 (Neutral Bay)



AH, my heart, the storm and sadness!  
 Wind that moans, uncomforted,  
Requiem for Love that’s dead’  
   Love that’s dead!  
 Leafless trees that sough and sigh,          
 Gloom of earth, and grey of sky,  
Ah, my heart, what storm and sadness!  
 
Ah, my heart, those sweet Septembers!  
 Ah, the glory and the glow  
 Of the Spring-tides long ago,          
   Long ago!  
 Gleam of gold, and glint of green  
 On the grassy hillsides seen,  
Ah, my heart, those sweet Septembers!  
 
Ah, my heart, on sweet soft pinions,          
 Spring, the lov’d one, hovers nigh,  
 She shall settle by-and-by,  
   By-and-by!  
 But the hills shall shine in vain,  
 Love, alas, comes not again,          
Ah, my heart, on sweet soft pinions!

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme abbbcca AdddeeA AcccxxA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 731
Words 115
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 7, 7, 7

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