Chanson Sans Paroles
Ernest Christopher Dowson 1867 – 1900
I the deep violet air,
Not a leaf is stirred;
There is no sound heard,
But afar, the rare
Trilled voice of a bird.
Is the wood's dim heart,
And the fragrant pine,
Incense, and a shrine
Of her coming. Apart,
I wait for a sign.
What the sudden hush said,
She will hear, and forsake,
Swift, for my sake,
Her green, grassy bed:
She will hear and awake!
She will hearken and glide,
From her place of deep rest,
Dove-eyed, with the breast
Of a dove, to my side:
The pines bow their crest.
I wait for a sign:
The leaves to be waved,
The tall tree-tops laved
In a flood of sunshine,
This world to be saved!
In the deep violet air,
Not a leaf is stirred;
There is no sound heard,
But afar, the rare
Trilled voice of a bird.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | aBBAB cddcD effef ghhgh Dibdi aBBAB |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 705 |
Words | 145 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
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