In the Wood of Finvara

Arthur Symons 1865 (Milford Haven) – 1945



I have grown tired of sorrow and human tears;
Life is a dream in the night, a fear among fears,
A naked runner lost in a storm of spears.
 
I have grown tired of rapture and love's desire;
Love is a flaming heart, and its flames aspire
Till they cloud the soul in the smoke of a windy fire.
 
I would wash the dust of the world in a soft green flood:
Here, between sea and sea, in the fairy wood,
I have found a delicate, wave-green solitude.
 
Here, in the fairy wood, between sea and sea,
I have heard the song of a fairy bird in a tree,
And the peace that is not in the world has flown to me.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAA BXB XXX CCC
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 589
Words 124
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3

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