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a lyric mirror 48©
“The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.”―Voltaire.
unpiteous my urge
to shelter in soft shades,
far from the madding crowd.
loneness wears not one blot,
for solitude is not
a harness or a shroud
that peace of mind invades:
‘tis there sound thoughts converge.
© Copyright 2023 October 16
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
“The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.”―Voltaire.
unpiteous my urge
to shelter in soft shades,
far from the madding crowd.
loneness wears not one blot,
for solitude is not
a harness or a shroud
that peace of mind invades:
‘tis there sound thoughts converge.
© Copyright 2023 October 16
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
Published 18th Oct 2023
Author's Note
A lyric mirror 48©
A lyric mirror 48 is an original genre concept by Clyve Bowen, in which a mirrored octet contains six syllables in each of its eight lyric lines, totalling 48 syllables.
A lyric mirror 48 is an original genre concept by Clyve Bowen, in which a mirrored octet contains six syllables in each of its eight lyric lines, totalling 48 syllables.
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