Delilah (from A Picture) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFEF GHGHCICI JKLKMGMG BNBOCPCP QPQPPRPR STUTPVPV OWOWOXOX QOQOABCB| The sun has gone down spreading wide on | A |
| The sky line one ray of red fire | B |
| 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 think that thy God in His anger | B |
| Will trifle with nature's great laws | N |
| And slacken those sinews in languor | B |
| 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 Godlike 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 | A |
| The curtains that voice does it jar | B |
| On thy soul in the night watch Ho Samson | C |
| Upon thee the Philistines are | B |
Adam Lindsay Gordon
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