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In The Green And Gallant Spring

by Robert Louis Stevenson

1IN the green and gallant Spring,

2Love and the lyre I thought to sing,

3And kisses sweet to give and take

4By the flowery hawthorn brake.

5Now is russet Autumn here,

6Death and the grave and winter drear,

7And I must ponder here aloof

8While the rain is on the roof.

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Poem
In The Green And Gallant Spring
Poet
Robert Louis Stevenson
Length
8 lines
Form
Lyric Poem, Short Poems
Themes
Nature, Spring, Love, Short

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8 lines · 2 quatrains
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Mostly 8-syllable lines (tetrameter length).
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Author record
Robert Louis Stevenson1850–1894
Source record
PoetryDBIn The Green And Gallant Spring by robert-louis-stevenson, PoetryDB transcription
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