Desiderium'in Memoriam S. F. A. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL| The call of homing rooks the shrill | A |
| Song of some bird that watches late | B |
| The cries of children break the still | A |
| Sad twilight by the churchyard gate | B |
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| And o'er your far off tomb the grey | C |
| Sad twilight broods and from the trees | D |
| The rooks call on their homeward way | C |
| And are you heedless quite of these | D |
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| The clustered rowan berries red | E |
| And Autumn's may the clematis | F |
| They droop above your dreaming head | E |
| And these and all things must you miss | F |
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| Ah you that loved the twilight air | G |
| The dim lit hour of quiet best | H |
| At last at last you have your share | G |
| Of what life gave so seldom rest | H |
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| Yes rest beyond all dreaming deep | I |
| Or labour nearer the Divine | J |
| And pure from fret and smooth as sleep | I |
| And gentle as thy soul is thine | J |
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| So let it be But could I know | K |
| That thou in this soft autumn eve | L |
| This hush of earth that pleased thee so | K |
| Hadst pleasure still I might not grieve | L |
Andrew Lang
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