Eyes : A Fragment



How eloquent are eyes!
Not the rapt poet's frenzied lay
When the soul's wildest feelings stray
Can speak so well as they.
How eloquent are eyes!
Not music’s most impassioned note
On which Love’s warmest fervours float
Like them bids rapture rise.

Love, look thus again,--
That your look may light a waste of years,
Darting the beam that conquers cares
Through the cold shower of tears.
Love, look thus again!

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 28, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AbbbAcca DexeD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 408
Words 74
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 5

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