Sonnet LXXIV. The Winter Night
Charlotte Smith 1749 (London) – 1806 (Tilford, Surrey)
'SLEEP, that knits up the ravell'd sleeve of care,'
Forsakes me, while the chill and sullen blast,
As my sad soul recalls its sorrows past,
Seems like a summons bidding me prepare
For the last sleep of death--Murmuring I hear
The hollow wind around the ancient towers,
While night and silence reign; and cold and drear
The darkest gloom of middle winter lowers;
But wherefore fear existence such as mine,
To change for long and undisturb'd repose?
Ah! when this suffering being I resign
And o'er my miseries the tomb shall close,
By her, whose loss in anguish I deplore,
I shall be laid, and feel that loss no more!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABBACDADEFEGHH |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 610 |
Words | 113 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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