The Undying One- Canto Iii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCCDDEECCFG HIJJKKLLMMNNOOPPCC QQRRSS ATATEECCUUCCVVWXYYZZ A2B2C2C2D2E2 MMF2F2G2G2H2H2CCI2I2 PPCCCCJ2IK2K2L2L2KK Q CCM2M2N2N2A2B2OOCCPP O2O2P2P2QQC2Q2YY R2R2CCCCH2H2J2ILLI2I 2C2C2MM CCP2P2MM UUP2I2N2N2PS2CCP2P2P 2P2T2T2PPU2U2H2H2CCO O I2I2V2V2CCI2I2CCU2| 'THERE is a sound the autumn wind doth make | A |
| Howling and moaning listlessly and low | B |
| Methinks that to a heart that ought to break | A |
| All the earth's voices seem to murmur so | B |
| The visions that crost | C |
| Our path in light | C |
| The things that we lost | C |
| In the dim dark night | C |
| The faces for which we vainly yearn | D |
| The voices whose tones will not return | D |
| That low sad wailing breeze doth bring | E |
| Borne on its swift and rushing wing | E |
| Have ye sat alone when that wind was loud | C |
| And the moon shone dim from the wintry cloud | C |
| When the fire was quench'd on your lonely hearth | F |
| And the voices were still which spoke of mirth | G |
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| If such an evening tho' but one | H |
| It hath been yours to spend alone | I |
| Never though years may roll along | J |
| Cheer'd by the merry dance and song | J |
| Though you mark'd not that bleak wind's sound before | K |
| When louder perchance it used to roar | K |
| Never shall sound of that wintry gale | L |
| Be aught to you but a voice of wail | L |
| So o'er the careless heart and eye | M |
| The storms of the world go sweeping by | M |
| But oh when once we have learn'd to weep | N |
| Well doth sorrow his stern watch keep | N |
| Let one of our airy joys decay | O |
| Let one of our blossoms fade away | O |
| And all the griefs that others share | P |
| Seem ours as well as theirs to bear | P |
| And the sound of wail like that rushing wind | C |
| Shall bring all our own deep woe to mind | C |
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| 'I went through the world but I paused not now | Q |
| At the gladsome heart and the joyous brow | Q |
| I went through the world and I stay'd to mark | R |
| Where the heart was sore and the spirit dark | R |
| And the grief of others though sad to see | S |
| Was fraught with a demon's joy to me | S |
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| 'I saw the inconstant lover come to take | A |
| Farewell of her he loved in better days | T |
| And coldly careless watch the heart strings break | A |
| Which beat so fondly at his words of praise | T |
| She was a faded painted guilt bow'd thing | E |
| Seeking to mock the hues of early spring | E |
| When misery and years had done their worst | C |
| To wither her away The big tears burst | C |
| From out her flashing eyes which turn'd on him | U |
| With agony reproach and fear while dim | U |
| Each object swam in her uncertain sight | C |
| And nature's glories took the hue of night | C |
| There was in spite of all her passion's storm | V |
| A wild revolting beauty in her form | V |
| A beauty as of sin when first she comes | W |
| To tempt us from our calm and pleasant homes | X |
| Her voice with the appealing tone it took | Y |
| Her soft clear voice belied her fearless look | Y |
| And woman's tenderness seem'd still to dwell | Z |
| In that full bosom's agonizing swell | Z |
| And he stood there the worshipp'd one of years | A2 |
| Sick of her fondness angry at her tears | B2 |
| Choking the loathing words which rose within | C2 |
| The heart whose passion tempted her to sin | C2 |
| While with a strange sad smile lost hours she mourns | D2 |
| And prays and weeps and weeps and prays by turns | E2 |
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| A moment yet he paused and sigh'd a sigh | M |
| Of deep deep bitterness and on his eye | M |
| Love's gentle shadow rested for a space | F2 |
| And faded feelings brighten'd o'er his face | F2 |
| 'Twas but a moment and he turn'd in wrath | G2 |
| To quench the sunshine on her lonely path | G2 |
| And his lip curl'd as on that alter'd cheek | H2 |
| His cold glance rested while all faint and weak | H2 |
| With tearful sad imploring gaze she stood | C |
| Watching with trembling heart his changeful mood | C |
| Her thin lips parted with a ghastly smile | I2 |
| She strove to please yet felt she fail'd the while | I2 |
| And thus his words burst forth ' And dost thou dare | P |
| Reproach me with the burden of thy care | P |
| Accuse thy self will'd heart where passion reign'd | C |
| Some other hand the lily might have stain'd | C |
| For thou didst listen when none else approved | C |
| Proud in thy strength and eager to be loved | C |
| Rose of the morning how thy leaves are gone | J2 |
| How art thou faded since the sunrise shone | I |
| Think not my presence was the cause of all | K2 |
| Oh no thy folly would have made thee fall | K2 |
| Alike thy woe alike the cause of blame | L2 |
| Another tempter but thine act the same | L2 |
| And tell me not of all I said or swore | K |
| Poor wretch art thou as in the days of yore | K |
| - | |
| Thing of the wanton heart and faded brow | Q |
| Whate'er I said or did I loathe thee now ' | - |
| The frozen tears sank back beneath the lid | C |
| Whose long black lashes half their sadness hid | C |
| And with a calm and stedfast look which spoke | M2 |
| Unutterable scorn her spirit woke | M2 |
| 'And thou art he for whom my young heart gave | N2 |
| All hope of pardon on this side the grave | N2 |
| For whom I still have struggled on for years | A2 |
| Through days of bitterness and nights of tears | B2 |
| True I am changed since that bright summer's day | O |
| When first from home love lured my steps to stray | O |
| And true it is that art hath sought to hide | C |
| The work of woe which all my words belied | C |
| But for whose sake have I with watchful care | P |
| Though sick at heart endeavour'd to be fair | P |
| For whom when daylight broke along the skies | O2 |
| Have I with fear survey'd my weeping eyes | O2 |
| For whom with trembling fingers sought to dress | P2 |
| Each woe worn feature with mock loveliness | P2 |
| Chased the pale sickness from my darken'd brow | Q |
| And strove to listen calm as I do now | Q |
| For whom if not for thee Oh had I been | C2 |
| Pure as the stainless lily were each scene | Q2 |
| Of guilt and passion blotted from that book | Y |
| Where weepingly and sad the angels look | Y |
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| Did I stand here the calm approved wife | R2 |
| Bound to thee by the chain that binds for life | R2 |
| Could I have loved thee more The dream is past | C |
| I who forsook am lonely at the last | C |
| One hour ago the thought that we must part | C |
| And part for ever would have broke my heart | C |
| But now I cast thee from me Go and seek | H2 |
| To pale the roses on a fresher cheek | H2 |
| Why lingerest thou Dost fear when thou art gone | J2 |
| My woman's heart will wake and live alone | I |
| Fear not the specious tongue whose well feign'd tale | L |
| Hath lured the dove to leave her native vale | L |
| May use its art some other to beguile | I2 |
| And the approving world will only smile | I2 |
| But she who sins and suffers for that sin | C2 |
| Who throws the dangerous die and doth not win | C2 |
| Loves once and loves no more ' He glided by | M |
| And she turn'd from him with a shuddering sigh | M |
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| 'I saw the widower mournful stand | C |
| Gazing out on the sea and the land | C |
| O'er the yellow corn and the waving trees | P2 |
| And the blue stream rippling in the breeze | P2 |
| Oh beautiful seem the earth and sky | M |
| Why doth he heave that bitter sigh | M |
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| Vain are the sunshine and brightness to him | U |
| His heart is heavy his eyes are dim | U |
| His thoughts are not with the moaning sea | P2 |
| Though his gaze be fix'd on it vacantly | I2 |
| His thoughts are far where the dark boughs wave | N2 |
| O'er the silent rest of his Mary's grave | N2 |
| He starts and brushes away the tear | P |
| For the soft small voices are in his ear | S2 |
| Of the bright hair'd angels his Mary left | C |
| To comfort her lonely and long bereft | C |
| With a gush of sorrow he turns to press | P2 |
| His little ones close with a fond caress | P2 |
| And they sigh oh not because Mary sleeps | P2 |
| For she is forgotten but that HE weeps | P2 |
| Yes she is forgotten the patient love | T2 |
| The tenderness of that meek eyed dove | T2 |
| The voice that rose on the evening air | P |
| To bid them kneel to the God of prayer | P |
| The joyous tones that greeted them when | U2 |
| After a while she came again | U2 |
| The pressure soft of her rose leaf cheek | H2 |
| The touch of her hand as white and weak | H2 |
| She laid it low on each shining head | C |
| And bless'd the sons of the early dead | C |
| All is forgotten all past away | O |
| Like the fading close of a summer's day | O |
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| Or the sound of her voice though they scarce can tell | I2 |
| Whose voice it was that they loved so well | I2 |
| Comes with their laughter a short sweet dream | V2 |
| As the breeze blows over the gentle stream | V2 |
| Rippling a moment its quiet breast | C |
| And leaving it then to its sunny rest | C |
| But he oh deep in his inmost soul | I2 |
| Which hath drunk to the dregs of sorrow's bowl | I2 |
| Her look and her smile the lightest word | C |
| Of the musical voice he so often heard | C |
| And n | U2 |
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton
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