Lucy's Song Poem by Charles Dickens
Lucy's Song
How beautiful at eventide
To see the twilight shadows pale,
Steal o'er the landscape, far and wide,
O'er stream and meadow, mound and dale!
How soft is Nature's calm repose
When ev'ning skies their cool dews weep:
The gentlest wind more gently blows,
As if to soothe her in her sleep!
The gay morn breaks,
Mists roll away,
All Nature awakes
To glorious day.
In my breast alone
Dark shadows remain;
The peace it has known
It can never regain.
I like in this how Dickens shifts from the eight-syllable rhyming pattern in the first two stanzas to the mostly-five syllable pattern in the third and last stanza—it shows flexibility and suits his purpose. As to the shadows he mentions and the peace he can’t regain, he tantalizes us and leaves it for us to guess. -GK
Dark shadows! ! Facing life. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
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Beautiful nature poem with a touch of sadness for a loss that nothing can replace!
A beautiful poem. So touching and deeply poignant with great imagery and wonderful poetic expressions.
All Nature awakes To glorious day. ..... The peace it has known It can never regain. /// excellent poetic expression
The gay morn breaks, Mists roll away, All Nature awakes To glorious day. sad to read that my joy and light will not come back. tony
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I would like to translate this poem
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12/26/2025 1:01:53 AM # 1.0.0
Smooooooth and lovely descriptives and then the scene darkens when we realize he is mourning