Written For My Son, Upon Lady Santry's Coming To School, To See Her Son, And Getting The Scholars A Play--Day.
Mary Barber 1685 – 1755
So Ceres, lovely and divine,
Eager to see her Proserpine,
Blessing the Nations as she pass'd,
Reach'd the fell Tyrant's Court at last;
Around her shot a Gleam of Light,
Diffusing Joy, dispelling Night;
And, whilst she gilds the dismal Gloom,
The Damn'd a--while forget their Doom;
The Danaids no longer fill;
And Sisyphus's Stone stood still;
Ixion wonders why he strove,
With impious Arts, to rival Fove;
Grim Pluto smil'd; all Hell look'd gay;
Happy, as we were Yesterday.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFFGG |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 469 |
Words | 82 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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