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Oh! if thou wilt not give thine heart

Felicia Dorothea Hemans

Oh! if thou wilt not give thine heart,
    Give back my own to me,
For if in thine I have no part,
    Why should mine dwell with thee?

Yet no! this mournful love of mine
    I will not from me cast;
Let me but dream 'twill win me thine
    By its deep truth at last!

Can aught so fond, so faithful, live
    Through years without reply?
Oh! if thy heart thou wilt not give,
    Give me a thought, a sigh?
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Submitted by Madeleine Quinn on February 01, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 394
Words 80
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
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Felicia Dorothea Hemans

Felicia Dorothea Hemans was an English poet. Two of her opening lines, "The boy stood on the burning deck" and "The stately homes of England", have acquired classic status. more…

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