Sonnet LVI.
Charlotte Smith 1749 (London) – 1806 (Tilford, Surrey)
IF, by his torturing, savage foes untraced,
The breathless captive gain some trackless glade,
Yet hears the war-whoop howl along the waste,
And dreads the reptile-monsters of the shade;
The giant reeds that murmur round the flood,
Seem to conceal some hideous form beneath;
And every hollow blast that shakes the wood,
Speaks to his trembling heart of woe and death.
With horror fraught, and desolate dismay,
On such a wanderer falls the starless night;
But if, far streaming, a propitious ray
Leads to some amicable fort his sight,
He hails the beam benign that guides his way,
As I, my Harriet, bless thy friendship's cheering light.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AAAAABACDADADA |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 630 |
Words | 109 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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