Parting
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
We do not know how much we love,
Until we come to leave ;
An aged tree, a common flower,
Are things o'er which we grieve.
There is a pleasure in the pain
That brings us back the past again.
We linger while we turn away,
We cling while we depart;
And memories, unmark'd till then,
Come crowding on the heart.
Let what will lure our onward way,
Farewell's a bitter word to say.
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Submitted by Madeleine Quinn on May 13, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 380 |
Words | 73 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
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