| Claribel | |
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| by Alfred Tennyson | |
| Genre(s) | Romanticism |
| Meter | Iambic trimeter |
| Rhyme scheme | Irregular |
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| Lines | 21 |
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 Poems (Tennyson, 1843)/Volume 1/Claribel at Wikisource | |
"Claribel: A Melody" is an early poem by Alfred Tennyson, first published in 1830. [1]
In the 1830 and 1842 editions the poem is in one long stanza, with a full stop in the 1830 edition after line 8; the 1842 edition omits the full stop. [1] The name "Claribel" may have been suggested by Spenser, [2] or Shakespeare. [3] [1]
Where Claribel low-lieth
The breezes pause and die,
Letting the rose-leaves fall:
But the solemn oak-tree sigheth,
Thick-leaved, ambrosial,
With an ancient melody
Of an inward agony,
Where Claribel low-lieth.At eve the beetle boometh
Athwart the thicket lone:
At noon the wild bee [lower-alpha 1] hummeth
About the moss’d headstone:
At midnight the moon cometh,
And looketh down alone.
Her song the lintwhite swelleth,
The clear-voiced mavis dwelleth,
The callow throstle [lower-alpha 2] lispeth,
The slumbrous wave outwelleth,
The babbling runnel crispeth,
The hollow grot replieth
Where Claribel low-lieth.
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