Anxiety
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
Ask me not, love, what may be in my heart
When, gazing on thee, sudden teardrops start;
When only joy should come where'er thou art.
The human heart is compassed with fears;
And joy is tremulous, for it enspheres
An earth-born star, which melts away in tears.
I am too happy for a careless mirth —
Hence anxious thoughts, and sorrowful, have birth ;
Who looks from heaven, is half returned to earth.
How powerless is my fond anxiety !
I feel I could lay down my life for thee.
Yet feel how vain such sacrifice might be.
Hence do I tremble in my happiness;
Hurried and dim the unknown hours press :
I question of a past I dare not guess.
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Submitted by Madeleine Quinn on November 30, 2016
Modified on March 29, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 638 |
Words | 119 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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