Song

Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772 (Ottery St Mary) – 1834 (Highgate)



Tho' veiled in spires of myrtle-wreath,
Love is a sword that cuts its sheath,
And thro' the clefts, itself has made,
We spy the flashes of the Blade !

But thro' the clefts, itself has made,
We likewise see Love's flashing blade,
By rust consumed or snapt in twain :
And only Hilt and Stump remain.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABB BBCC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 298
Words 56
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. more…

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