The Arab's Farewell To His Horse Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFFGGHI AAJJKK BB LLHHGGMM NNOPQRS TUVVDDWW| MY beautiful my beautiful that standest meekly by | A |
| With thy proudly arched and glossy neck and dark and fiery eye | A |
| Fret not to roam the desert now with all thy winged speed | B |
| I may not mount on thee again thou'rt sold my Arab steed | B |
| Fret not with that impatient hoof snuff not the breezy wind | C |
| The further that thou fliest now so far am I behind | C |
| The stranger hath thy bridle rein thy master hath his gold | D |
| Fleet limbed and beautiful farewell thou'rt sold my steed thou'rt sold | D |
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| Farewell those free untired limbs full many a mile must roam | E |
| To reach the chill and wintry sky which clouds the stranger's home | E |
| Some other hand less fond must now thy corn and bed prepare | F |
| The silky mane I braided once must be another's care | F |
| The morning sun shall dawn again but never more with thee | G |
| Shall I gallop through the desert paths where we were wont to be | G |
| Evening shall darken on the earth and o'er the sandy plain | H |
| Some other steed with slower step shall bear me home again | I |
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| Yes thou must go the wild free breeze the brilliant sun and sky | A |
| Thy master's home from all of these my exiled one must fly | A |
| Thy proud dark eye will grow less proud thy step become less fleet | J |
| And vainly shalt thou arch thy neck thy master's hand to meet | J |
| Only in sleep shall I behold that dark eye glancing bright | K |
| Only in sleep shall hear again that step so firm and light | K |
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| And when I raise my dreaming arm to check or cheer thy speed | B |
| Then must I starting wake to feel thou'rt sold my Arab steed | B |
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| Ah rudely then unseen by me some cruel hand may chide | L |
| Till foam wreaths lie like crested waves along thy panting side | L |
| And the rich blood that is in thee swells in thy indignant pain | H |
| Till careless eyes which rest on thee may count each started vein | H |
| Will they ill use thee If I thought but no it cannot be | G |
| Thou art so swift yet easy curbed so gentle yet so free | G |
| And yet if haply when thou'rt gone my lonely heart should yearn | M |
| Can the hand which casts thee from it now command thee to return | M |
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| Return alas my Arab steed what shall thy master do | N |
| When thou who wert his all of joy hast vanished from his view | N |
| When the dim distance cheats mine eye and through the gath'ring tears | O |
| Thy bright form for a moment like the false mir ge appears | P |
| Slow and unmounted will I roam with weary foot alone | Q |
| Where with fleet step and joyous bound thou oft hast borne me on | R |
| And sitting down by that green well I'll pause and sadly think | S |
| 'It was here he bowed his glossy neck when last I saw him drink ' | - |
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| When last I saw thee drink away the fevered dream is o'er | T |
| I could not live a day and know that we should meet no more | U |
| They tempted me my beautiful for hunger's power is strong | V |
| They tempted me my beautiful but I have loved too long | V |
| Who said that I had given thee up Who said that thou wert sold | D |
| 'Tis false 'tis false my Arab steed I fling them back their gold | D |
| Thus thus I leap upon thy back and scour the distant plains | W |
| Away who overtakes us now shall claim thee for his pains | W |
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton
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