From Lightning And Tempest Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCABDDEDFE CGCGHHFIF| The spring wind pass'd through the forest and whispered low in the leaves | A |
| And the cedar toss'd her head and the oak stood firm in his pride | B |
| The spring wind pass'd through the town | C |
| through the housetops casements and eaves | A |
| And whisper'd low in the hearts of the men and the men replied | B |
| Singing Let us rejoice in the light | D |
| Of our glory and beauty and might | D |
| Let us follow our own devices and foster our own desires | E |
| As firm as our oaks in our pride as our cedars fair in our sight | D |
| We stand like the trees of the forest | F |
| that brave the frosts and the fires | E |
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| The storm went forth to the forest the plague went forth to the town | C |
| And the men fell down to the plague as the trees fell down to the gale | G |
| And their bloom was a ghastly pallor and their smile was a ghastly frown | C |
| And the song of their hearts was changed to a wild disconsolate wail | G |
| Crying God we have sinn'd we have sinn'd | H |
| We are bruis'd we are shorn we are thinn'd | H |
| Our strength is turn'd to derision our pride laid low in the dust | F |
| Our cedars are cleft by Thy lightnings our oaks are strew'd by Thy wind | I |
| And we fall on our faces seeking Thine aid though Thy wrath is just | F |
Adam Lindsay Gordon
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