Wedding Day
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
The enchanted hour,
The magic bower,
Where, crowned with roses,
Love love discloses.
'Kiss me, my lover;
Doubting is over,
Over is waiting;
Love lights our mating!'
'But roses wither,
Chill winds blow hither,
One thing all say, dear,
Love lives a day, dear!'
'Heed those old stories?
New glowing glories
Blot out those lies, love!
Look in my eyes, love!
'Ah, but the world knows -
Naught of the true rose;
Back the world slips, love!
Give me your lips, love!
'Even were their lies true,
Yet were you wise to
Swear, at Love's portal,
The god's immortal.'
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABB AACC AADD EEFF GGFF HHII |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 538 |
Words | 104 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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