On Revisiting Harrow
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
Here once engaged the stranger's view
Young Friendship's record simply traced;
Few were her words; but yet, though few,
Resentment's hand the line defaced.
Deeply she cut--but not erased,
The characters were still so pain,
That Friendship once return'd, and gazed,--
Till Memory hail'd the words again.
Repentance placed them as before;
Forgiveness join d her gentle name;
So fair the inscription seem'd once more,
That Friendship thought it still the same.
Thus might the Record now have been;
But, ah, in spite of Hopes endeavour,
Or Friendships tears, Pride rush'd between
And blotted out the line for ever.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 23, 2023
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Scheme | ABAB BXXX CDCD XEXE |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 605 |
Words | 102 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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