Spring comes hither

George Eliot 1819 (Nuneaton, Warwickshire) – 1880 (Chelsea, London)



Spring comes hither
Buds the rose . . .
Roses wither
Sweet spring goes . . .
O ja là
O ja là . . .
Would she carry me.

Summer soars
Wide-wing'd day . . .
White light pours
Flies away . . .
O ja là
O ja là . . .
Would he carry me.

Soft winds blow
Westward borne . . .
Onward go
Towards the morn
O ja là
O ja là . . .
Would they carry me.

Sweet birds sing
O'er the graves
Then take wing
O'er the waves
O ja là
O ja là . . .
Would they carry me.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 02, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ababCCd efefCCd ghghCCD ijijCCD
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 431
Words 84
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 7, 7, 7, 7

George Eliot

Mary Anne Evans, better known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, journalist and translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. more…

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