Derwent Water
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
I knew her—though she used to make
Her dwelling by that lonely lake.
A little while she came to show
How lovely distant flowers can go.
The influence of that fairy scene
Made beautiful her face and mien.
I have seen faces far more fair,
But none that had such meaning there.
For to her downcast eyes were given
The azure of an April heaven;
The softening of those sunny hours,
By passing shadows, and by showers.
O’er her cheek the wandering red,
By the first wild rose was shed.
Evanescent, pure, and clear,
Just the warm heart’s atmosphere.
Like the sweet and inner world,
In that early rose-bud furled.
All whose rich revealing glow
Round the lovelier world below.
Light her step was, and her voice
Said unto the air, rejoice;
And her light laugh’s silvery breaking
Sounded like the lark’s first waking.
Return to that fair lake, return,
On whose green heathlands grows the fern;
And mountain heights of dark grey stone,
Are bright with lichens overgrown.
Thou art too fay-like and too fair
For our more common clouded air.
Beauty such as thine belongs
To a world of dreams and songs;
Let thy image with us dwell,
Lending music to farewell.
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Submitted by Madeleine Quinn on March 03, 2020
Modified on April 22, 2023
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Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFF GGHHXGBBIIJJ KKLLDDMMNN |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,143 |
Words | 204 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 12, 10 |
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