Thora's Song ('ashtaroth') Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE AFAFGDGE HIHICDCE JKKKCDCE LMLMCDCE| We severed in Autumn early | A |
| Ere the earth was torn by the plough | B |
| The wheat and the oats and the barley | A |
| Are ripe for the harvest now | B |
| We sunder'd one misty morning | C |
| Ere the hills were dimm'd by the rain | D |
| Through the flowers those hills adorning | C |
| Thou comest not back again | E |
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| My heart is heavy and weary | A |
| With the weight of a weary soul | F |
| The mid day glare grows dreary | A |
| And dreary the midnight scroll | F |
| The corn stalks sigh for the sickle | G |
| 'Neath the load of their golden grain | D |
| I sigh for a mate more fickle | G |
| Thou comest not back again | E |
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| The warm sun riseth and setteth | H |
| The night bringeth moistening dew | I |
| But the soul that longeth forgetteth | H |
| The warmth and the moisture too | I |
| In the hot sun rising and setting | C |
| There is naught save feverish pain | D |
| There are tears in the night dews wetting | C |
| Thou comest not back again | E |
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| Thy voice in my ear still mingles | J |
| With the voices of whisp'ring trees | K |
| Thy kiss on my cheek still tingles | K |
| At each kiss of the summer breeze | K |
| While dreams of the past are thronging | C |
| For substance of shades in vain | D |
| I am waiting watching and longing | C |
| Thou comest not back again | E |
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| Waiting and watching ever | L |
| Longing and lingering yet | M |
| Leaves rustle and corn stalks quiver | L |
| Winds murmur and waters fret | M |
| No answer they bring no greeting | C |
| No speech save that sad refrain | D |
| Nor voice save an echo repeating | C |
| He cometh not back again | E |
Adam Lindsay Gordon
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