Deliah Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BACDEFEF GHGHCICI JKLKMGMG ANAOCPCP QPQPPRPR STUTPVPV OWOWOXOX QOQOBACAFrom a Picture | A |
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The sun has gone down spreading wide on | B |
The sky line one ray of red fire | A |
Prepare the soft cushions of Sidon | C |
Make ready the rich loom of Tyre | D |
The day with its toil and its sorrow | E |
Its shade and its sunshine at length | F |
Has ended dost fear for the morrow | E |
Strong man in the pride of thy strength | F |
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Like fire flies heavenward clinging | G |
They multiply star upon star | H |
And the breeze a low murmur is bringing | G |
From the tents of my people afar | H |
Nay frown not I am but a Pagan | C |
Yet little for these things I care | I |
'Tis the hymn to our deity Dagon | C |
That comes with the pleasant night air | I |
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It shall not disturb thee nor can it | J |
See closed are the curtains the lights | K |
Gleam down on the cloven pomegranate | L |
Whose thirst slaking nectar invites | K |
The red wine of Hebron glows brightly | M |
In yon goblet the draught of a king | G |
And through the silk awning steals lightly | M |
The sweet song my handmaidens sing | G |
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Dost thou think that thy God in His anger | A |
Will trifle with nature's great laws | N |
And slacken those sinews in languor | A |
That battled so well in His cause | O |
Will He take back that strength He has given | C |
Because to the pleasures of youth | P |
Thou yieldest Nay God like in heaven | C |
He laughs at such follies forsooth | P |
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Oh were I for good or for evil | Q |
As great and as gifted as thou | P |
Neither God should restrain me nor devil | Q |
To none like a slave would I bow | P |
If fate must indeed overtake thee | P |
And feebleness come to thy clay | R |
Pause not till thy strength shall forsake thee | P |
Enjoy it the more in thy day | R |
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Oh fork'd tongue of adder by her pent | S |
In smooth lips oh Sybarite blind | T |
Oh woman allied to the serpent | U |
Oh beauty with venom combined | T |
Oh might overcoming the mighty | P |
Oh glory departing oh shame | V |
Oh altar of false Aphrodite | P |
What strength is consumed in thy flame | V |
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Strong chest where her drapery rustles | O |
Strong limbs by her black tresses hid | W |
Not alone by the might of your muscles | O |
Yon lion was rent like a kid | W |
The valour from virtue that sunders | O |
Is reft of its nobler part | X |
And Lancelot's arm may work wonders | O |
But braver is Galahad's heart | X |
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Sleep sound on that breast fair and ample | Q |
Dull brain and dim eyes and deaf ears | O |
Feel not the cold touch on your temple | Q |
Heed not the faint clash of the shears | O |
It comes with the gleam of the lamps on | B |
The curtains that voice does it jar | A |
On thy soul in the night watch Ho Samson | C |
Upon thee the Philistines are | A |
Adam Lindsay Gordon
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