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The Dirge Of Amoret

Anne Hunter 1742 (Waterford) – 1821 (London)

WHY glide the hours so swift away,
When love and fortune shine?
Years seem'd but as a passing day,
When Amoret was mine.
Was mine ! sad sounds, ye ring my knell,
And bid to joy a long farewell!
Her voice could sooth the soul of care,
And lull despair to rest;
Why was she form'd divinely fair?
And why was I so bless'd?
So bless'd no more; I hear the knell,
Which bids the world a long farewell.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme ABABCCDEDECC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 392
Words 80
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
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Anne Hunter

Anne Hunter (née Home) (1742–1821) was a saloniere and poet in Georgian London. She is mostly remembered now for writing the texts to at least nine of Joseph Haydn's 14 songs in English. She entertained the leading Bluestockings at their house. She was the wife of surgeon John Hunter and his anatomical collections in their marital home eventually formed the basis for the Hunterian Museum.  more…

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