On A Pen Of Thomas Starr King Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB BCBC DEDF GHGH IBIB| This is the reed the dead musician dropped | A |
| With tuneful magic in its sheath still hidden | B |
| The prompt allegro of its music stopped | A |
| Its melodies unbidden | B |
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| But who shall finish the unfinished strain | B |
| Or wake the instrument to awe and wonder | C |
| And bid the slender barrel breathe again | B |
| An organ pipe of thunder | C |
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| His pen what humbler memories cling about | D |
| Its golden curves what shapes and laughing graces | E |
| Slipped from its point when his full heart went out | D |
| In smiles and courtly phrases | F |
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| The truth half jesting half in earnest flung | G |
| The word of cheer with recognition in it | H |
| The note of alms whose golden speech outrung | G |
| The golden gift within it | H |
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| But all in vain the enchanter's wand we wave | I |
| No stroke of ours recalls his magic vision | B |
| The incantation that its power gave | I |
| Sleeps with the dead magician | B |
Bret Harte
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