Song Of The River Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCAADEFFGGHHIIJJ KLKLMKNKOOAAJJ PPAAQAQ Q| A river went singing adown to the sea | A |
| A singing low singing | B |
| And the dim rippling river said softly to me | A |
| I'm bringing a bringing | B |
| While floating along | C |
| A beautiful song | C |
| To the shores that are white where the waves are so weary | A |
| To the beach that is burdened with wrecks that are dreary | A |
| A song sweet and calm | D |
| As the peacefulest psalm | E |
| And the shore that was sad | F |
| Will be grateful and glad | F |
| And the weariest wave from its dreariest dream | G |
| Will wake to the sound of the song of the stream | G |
| And the tempests shall cease | H |
| And there shall be peace | H |
| From the fairest of fountains | I |
| And farthest of mountains | I |
| From the stillness of snow | J |
| Came the stream in its flow | J |
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| Down the slopes where the rocks are gray | K |
| Thro' the vales where the flowers are fair | L |
| Where the sunlight flashed where the shadows lay | K |
| Like stories that cloud a face of care | L |
| The river ran on and on and on | M |
| Day and night and night and day | K |
| Going and going and never gone | N |
| Longing to flow to the far away | K |
| Staying and staying and never still | O |
| Going and staying as if one will | O |
| Said Beautiful river go to the sea | A |
| And another will whispered Stay with me | A |
| And the river made answer soft and low | J |
| I go and stay I stay and go | J |
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| But what is the song I said at last | P |
| To the passing river that never passed | P |
| And a white white wave whispered List to me | A |
| I'm a note in the song for the beautiful sea | A |
| A song whose grand accents no earth din may sever | Q |
| And the river flows on in the same mystic key | A |
| That blends in one chord the forever and never' | Q |
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| December | Q |
Abram Joseph Ryan
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