Ballade Of The Dream Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBC ABABBCBC ABABBCBC D BCBC| Swift as sound of music fled | A |
| When no more the organ sighs | B |
| Sped as all old days are sped | A |
| So your lips love and your eyes | B |
| So your gentle voiced replies | B |
| Mine one hour in sleep that seem | C |
| Rise and flit when slumber flies | B |
| Following darkness like a dream | C |
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| Like the scent from roses red | A |
| Like the dawn from golden skies | B |
| Like the semblance of the dead | A |
| From the living love that hies | B |
| Like the shifting shade that lies | B |
| On the moonlight silvered stream | C |
| So you rise when dreams arise | B |
| Following darkness like a dream | C |
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| Could some spell or sung or said | A |
| Could some kindly witch and wise | B |
| Lull for aye this dreaming head | A |
| In a mist of memories | B |
| I would lie like him who lies | B |
| Where the lights on Latmos gleam | C |
| Wake not find not Paradise | B |
| Following darkness like a dream | C |
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| ENVOY | D |
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| Sleep that giv'st what Life denies | B |
| Shadowy bounties and supreme | C |
| Bring the dearest face that flies | B |
| Following darkness like a dream | C |
Andrew Lang
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