Lines on the Mausoleum of the Princess Charlotte, at Claremont
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
Alas! how many storm-clouds hang
O'er every sunny day below!
How many flowers die as they bloom!
How many more before they blow!
But fall the blight, or lour the blast,
O'er every other pleasure here
If they would leave untouched that one
Of all earth's joys most pure and dear!
Young Love! how well thy smile can cheer
All other ills that wring the heart?
All other sorrows may we bear,
But those in which thyself hast part.
And is not this thy worst, of griefs—
Thine uttermost despair—to see
The grave close over the fond heart
Just wakened into life by thee?
To watch the blight steal o'er the rose,
Yews spring where myrtles wont to be—
And for the bridal wreath to wear
One gathered from the cypress-tree?
Look on yon grove, where a white fane
Grows whiter as the moonbeams fall;
There is a bust upon its shrine,
Wearing a white rose coronal:
It is the monument where Hope
And youthful Love sleep side by side,
Raised by the mourner to the name
Of her—his lost, but worshipp'd Bride.
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Submitted by Madeleine Quinn on March 03, 2020
Modified on March 28, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA XXXB BCDC EECF EFDF XXXA XGXG |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,037 |
Words | 183 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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