Lucy's Song Poem by Charles Dickens

Lucy's Song

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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.

Lucy's Song
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Glen Kappy 15 August 2018

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

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Susan Williams 15 August 2018

Smooooooth and lovely descriptives and then the scene darkens when we realize he is mourning

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Edward Kofi Louis 15 August 2017

Dark shadows! ! Facing life. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Muzahidul Reza 15 August 2017

A nice song, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

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Adrian Flett 15 August 2018

A lament for Lucy by a great novelist

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Chinedu Dike 11 October 2021

A beautiful poem nicely put together.....

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Mahtab Bangalee 15 August 2019

All Nature awakes To glorious day. ..... The peace it has known It can never regain. /// excellent poetic expression

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Dr. antony theodore 15 August 2019

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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Ibiba Ibinabo Tamunominji 15 August 2019

So lovely to see the glorious day.

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Kumarmani Mahakul 15 August 2019

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! ........fantastic beginning with haunting express on eventide. Beautiful poem.

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