Here have I learnt the little that I know
Alfred Austin 1835 (Leeds) – 1913 (Ashford)
Here have I learnt the little that I know,
Here where in these untutored woodland ways
The primrose, all unconscious of our praise,
Dimpled the dainty coverlet of the snow,
March's first-born, and, still averse to go,
Though drowsy-lidded, dallies and delays
When, dawning through the bluebell's heavenly haze,
June into full mid-summer broadeneth slow.
Forgive me, friend, if these mean more to me,
Imbue my being with a deeper lore,
Come nearer to my heart, instruct me more
In what I am and what I fain would be,
Even than Sabine summit, Oscan shore,
Or Tiber curving tawnily to the sea.'
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
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Words | 105 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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