I've heard an Organ talk, sometimes
I've heard an Organ talk, sometimes
In a Cathedral Aisle,
And understood no word it said—
Yet held my breath, the while—
And risen up—and gone away,
A more Berdardine Girl—
Yet—know not what was done to me
In that old Chapel Aisle.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 13, 2023
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| Scheme | XAXA XXXA |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 242 |
| Words | 45 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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