Woe Is Me
Sydney Thompson Dobell 1824 (Kent) – 1874
Far in the cradling sky,
Dawn opes his baby eye,
Then I awake and cry,
Woe is me!
Morn, the young hunter gay,
Chases the shadows gray,
Then I go forth and say,
Woe is me!
Noon! drunk with oil and wine,
Tho' not a grief is thine,
Yet shalt thou shake with mine!
Woe is me!
Eve kneeleth sad and calm,
Bearing the martyr's palm;
I shriek above her psalm,
Woe is me!
Night, hid in her black hair
From eyes she cannot dare,
Lies loud with fierce despair;
Then I sit silent where
She cries from her dark lair
Woe is me!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 22, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | aaaB cccB dddB eexB fffffB |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 500 |
Words | 106 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 6 |
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