The Fairy Lover
Herbert Asquith 1881 – 1947
SHE lay beneath an apple tree,
A marble maiden, free from care;
And round her was a canopy
Of moonlit air.
He made his bed among the leaf,
And on a petal softly blown,
He touched a vein upon her brow
With grief unknown.
Then lightly, where the lashes fall,
Entered the chamber of her soul;
And, finding there a silver bell,
He made it toll.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABAB XCXC XDXD |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 361 |
Words | 68 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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