Pansy: Song-Words
Arthur Henry Adams 1872 (Lawrence) – 1936 (Sydney, New South Wales)
IN a crooked angle
Of a garden bower,
'Neath a weedy tangle
Grew a modest flower;
Unpretending, unoffending,
Gifted but with fancy,
Unassuming in his blooming
Grew that modest pansy.
Ah! pansy, pansy,
Hope springs anew;
But fancy, fancy,
Never comes true.
Comes a maiden bashful,
Wandering here and there,
With her silken sash full
Of roses rich and rare;
Slow she takes them, dewless shakes them
In her shapely fingers,
While to choose some for her bosom
Lazily she lingers.
Ah! pansy, pansy,
Modest in hue;
Sweet fancy, fancy,
Never comes true.
With a lover's anguish
For her glance he sought,
On her breast to languish
Was his daring thought;
If he perished by her cherished,
Life was worth the leaving;
But she passes 'midst the grasses,
And she leaves him grieving!
Ah! pansy, pansy,
Sorrow for you;
But fancy, fancy,
Never comes true.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 07, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ababcdcdDeDEafxfxgxgDedE hihixcxcDeDE |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 917 |
Words | 147 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 24, 12 |
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