Meintjes Kopje
Francis Ernley Walrond 1875 (Edinburgh) – 1950
Meintjes Kopje! Meintjes Kopje!
Do the purple daisies grow
On your rugged slopes in spring-time
As they did in years ago,
When I walked with one who loved me,
In the days when love was young;
When our eyes held glinted laughter
And our sighs were songs unsung?
But the laughter fell and faded,
And the wonder-song is still,
And the track goes all untrodden
Past the pool and up the hill.
Meintjes Kopje! Meintjes Kopje!
Other years your flowers restore,
But my love who loved the daisies
Comes to gather them no more.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | Abxb xcxc xdxd Aexe |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 520 |
Words | 96 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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