The Swallow
The morning that my baby came
They found a baby swallow dead,
And saw a something, hard to name,
Flit moth-like over baby's bed.
My joy, my flower, my baby dear
Sleeps on my bosom well, but Oh!
If in the Autumn of the year
When swallows gather round and go -
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | ABABCDCD |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 266 |
| Words | 54 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
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