Mist and Moon
Frank Samuel Williamson 1865 (Fitzroy, Victoria) – 1936 (Melbourne )
Why should the mist rise from the stream.
A lyric on its bars!
And steal from every wave the gleam,
Begot by lover stars.
O see the moon ascend the sky!
The vapour tremble, burn,
A chrysoprase enamoured lie,
Above transfigured fern.
On tree and stream, a glory shed,
That jewels wave and leaf,
For sorrow is with beauty wed,
And joy is born of grief.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 20, 2023
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Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 347 |
Words | 68 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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