Ballade Of The Dead Cities Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBC ABABBCBC ABABBCB D ACAC| The dust of Carthage and the dust | A |
| Of Babel on the desert wold | B |
| The loves of Corinth and the lust | A |
| Orchomenos increased with gold | B |
| The town of Jason over bold | B |
| And Cherson smitten in her prime | C |
| What are they but a dream half told | B |
| Where are the cities of old time | C |
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| In towns that were a kingdom's trust | A |
| In dim Atlantic forests' fold | B |
| The marble wasteth to a crust | A |
| The granite crumbles into mould | B |
| O'er these left nameless from of old | B |
| As over Shinar's brick and slime | C |
| One vast forgetfulness is roll'd | B |
| Where are the cities of old time | C |
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| The lapse of ages and the rust | A |
| The fire the frost the waters cold | B |
| Efface the evil and the just | A |
| From Thebes that Eriphyle sold | B |
| To drown'd Caer Is whose sweet bells toll'd | B |
| Beneath the wave a dreamy chime | C |
| That echo'd from the mountain hold | B |
| 'Where are the cities of old time ' | - |
| - | |
| ENVOY | D |
| - | |
| Prince all thy towns and cities must | A |
| Decay as these till all their crime | C |
| And mirth and wealth and toil are thrust | A |
| Where are the cities of old time | C |
Andrew Lang
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