The Charioteer
Herbert Asquith 1881 – 1947
(TO A CHILD)
LOVE be thy charioteer:
In all thy brightening and thy darkening hours
May he be at thine ear;
So shalt thou sail at ease above the tow'rs,
Where pale Ambition, in his clouded hood,
Climbs, step by step, the stair;
And Beauty, dancing in the roadside flow'rs,
Or resting in her mountain quietude,
Tresses a-wander on the sunlit air,
Shall meet thee everywhere.
Then the fast-withered leaves of poor Caprice
Shall live again; and she be happy yet.
Freed from the tangle of her glittering net:
And Poverty no longer want for alms,
And everything be blessed,
Save fevered Avarice,
With his discoloured palms,
And talons prisoned in his own gray breast.
Above the path of death,
Through field and wood,
Mountain and flood,
Upon the whirlwind's breath,
My way be sped!
If die thou must,
With wine and crust,
Through flow'rs to dust,
Be thou so charioted!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | A BCBCDBCABBXEEXFXXFGDXGXHHHA |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 843 |
Words | 153 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 27 |
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