Down The Songo Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCCDEFGHI JJHIAAAB KLLMMNNOPQQRPSSKK A ATUUAVWXT A YYKK Z AA2AA2

IA
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FloatingB
Floating and all the stillness waitsC
And listens at the ivory gatesC
Full of a dim uncertain presageD
Of some strange undelivered messageE
There is no sound save from the bushF
The alto of the shy wood thrushG
And ever and anon the dipH
Of a lazy oarI
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The rhythmic drowsiness keeps timeJ
To hazy subtleties of rhymeJ
That seem to slipH
Through the lulled soul to seek the sleepy shoreI
The idle clouds go floating byA
Above us sky beneath us skyA
The sun shines on us as we lieA
FloatingB
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It is a dreamK
It is a dream my love see howL
The ripples quiver at the prowL
And all the long reflections shakeM
Unsteadily beneath the lakeM
The mists about the uplands showN
Dim violet towers that come and goN
Phantasmagoric palacesO
Rise trembling thereP
As though one breath of waking weatherQ
Would crash their airy walls togetherQ
With sudden stressR
While silent detonations shook the airP
Vast fabrics toppling to the groundS
And vanishing without a soundS
Ah love these are not what we deemK
It is a dreamK
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IIA
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Let us dream on then dream and dieA
Ere the dream passT
Let us for once like idle flowersU
Let slip the unregarded hoursU
Like the wise flowers that lieA
Unfretted by a feeble thoughtV
Future and past alike forgotW
Drinking the dew contentedlyX
In the cool grassT
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IIIA
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Look yonder where the clouds float could we glideY
As they across the sky's blue shoreless tideY
What better were it than to dreamK
Across yon lake and into this still streamK
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IVZ
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Trees and a glimpse of skyA
And the slow river quiet as a poolA2
And thou and I and thou and IA
Kiss me How soft the air is and how coolA2

Bliss Carman And Richard Hovey



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