The Undying One - Canto Iv Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDEFFGGHH IJBBKKLLMMNOLLPQRR STSTUUVVWW XXYYZZA2A2B2B2PPC2C2 D2D2E2E2 F2F2G2QD2H2I2LJ2K2L2 L2WWOM2N2N2O2O2I2I2T T P2P2UUQG2Q2Q2R2QR2PQ 2D2Q2H2S2AS2AT2U2T2U 2T2V2T2V2 HHU2U2T2T2W2W2X2X2Y2 Y2Z2Z2A3A3B3B3C3C3D3 E3 I2I2U2U2T2T2LF3LF3G3 G3H3I3I3H3Y2Y2J3T2T2 J3KKPI2I2 K3K3T2T2MML3L3M3M3N3 N3O3O3P3P3 AAQ3Q3S2I2'TIS done the night has pass'd away | A |
And basking in the sunny day | A |
The laughing fountain's waters bear | B |
No record of each burning tear | B |
The silent echoes give no sound | C |
Of shriek or moan and nothing round | C |
Can tell what breaking hearts have been | D |
So lately in that quiet scene | E |
But ere the evening falls again | F |
Many a step o'er mount and glen | F |
Shall hurry far and wide to seek | G |
Her of the pallid brow and cheek | G |
Proud is the eye of the bridegroom lord | H |
He hath girt him round with a trusty sword | H |
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And the horse that hath borne him to battle for years | I |
Gladly his angry summons hears | J |
His red nostrils snuffing the morning air | B |
Nothing he heeds their heavy care | B |
But waits till his high curving neck shall be freed | K |
To bound o'er the hills with an arrow's speed | K |
He is gone full swiftly he dashes by | L |
And many a bright and beautiful eye | L |
Follows the rider's form and dreams | M |
Of pleasant walks by the dancing streams | M |
Of moonlight whisperings in the grove | N |
Of looks of ardour and vows of love | O |
Fill those young hearts and they wonder why | L |
Visions so happy should make them sigh | L |
And more they wonder that any one | P |
Of the numberless forms their eyes have known | Q |
Should have stolen a heart which Carlos woo'd | R |
By the fount and the lone wood's solitude | R |
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Oh love real love intoxicating dream | S |
Of beauty and of happiness how vain | T |
Are our aspirings after thee which seem | S |
To bring thee near us doubt and causeless pain | T |
And jealousies and most unconstant sighs | U |
For something fairer than this world supplies | U |
And fondness which doth end in faint disgust | V |
And airy hopes that crumble down to dust | V |
These are not love though these too oft impart | W |
A false excitement to the swelling heart | W |
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To look upon the fairy one who stands | X |
Before you with her young hair's shining bands | X |
And rosy lips half parted and to muse | Y |
Not on the features which you now peruse | Y |
Not on the blushing bride but look beyond | Z |
Unto the aged wife nor feel less fond | Z |
To feel that while thy arm can strike them dead | A2 |
No breathing soul shall harm that gentle head | A2 |
To know that none with fierce and sudden strife | B2 |
Shall tear thee from her save with loss of life | B2 |
To keep thee but to one and let that one | P |
Be to thy home what warmth is to the sun | P |
To gaze and find no change when time hath made | C2 |
Youth's dazzling beauty darken into shade | C2 |
But fondly firmly cling to her nor fear | D2 |
The fading touch of each declining year | D2 |
This is true love when it hath found a rest | E2 |
In the deep home of manhood's faithful breast | E2 |
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To worship silently at some heart's shrine | F2 |
And feel but paint not all its fire in thine | F2 |
To pray for that heart's hopes when thine are gone | G2 |
Nor let its after coldness chill thine own | Q |
To hold that one with every fault more dear | D2 |
Than all who whisper fondness in thine ear | H2 |
To joy thee in his joy and silently | I2 |
Meet the upbraiding of his angry eye | L |
To bear unshrinking all the blows of fate | J2 |
Save that which leaves thy sorrow desolate | K2 |
Nor deem that woe which thou canst feel is still | L2 |
Borne with him and for him through every ill | L2 |
To smile on him nor weep save when apart | W |
God and God only looks into thy heart | W |
To keep unchanged thy calm pure quiet love | O |
If he inconstant doth a new one prove | M2 |
To love all round him as a part of him | N2 |
Ev'n her he worships though thine eye be dim | N2 |
With weeping for thyself to pray that not | O2 |
One cloud may darken o'er their earthly lot | O2 |
With the affection of true hearts to see | I2 |
His happiness which doth not hang on thee | I2 |
Oh this is woman's love its joy its pain | T |
And this it hath been felt and felt in vain | T |
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They are dancing again by the misty veil | P2 |
Of the star lit sky and the moonlight pale | P2 |
Laughing and murmuring voices rise | U |
With their gladsome tones to the peaceful skies | U |
And no one voice hath a sadder tone | Q |
For the sake of her whose form is gone | G2 |
Though her step was light in the dance and her brow | Q2 |
Fairer than any which gleam there now | Q2 |
Yet after the dance is done and faint | R2 |
Each languid limb on the turf is thrown | Q |
Their gathering voices strive to paint | R2 |
The stranger heart that Linda won | P |
And still as his wasted form pale brow | Q2 |
And mournful looks to their thoughts appear | D2 |
With his deep sad voice they wonder how | Q2 |
He hath pleaded his tale in Linda's ear | H2 |
And some dream wildly of wizard bower | S2 |
Which hath tempted those fair young feet to stray | A |
And some of the sweet and charmed power | S2 |
Which lies in the moonlight's holy ray | A |
And some who love oh they fondly feel | T2 |
In the hopeful heart of the promised bride | U2 |
That her soul may be bound in the woe or weal | T2 |
Of the stranger by the fountain's side | U2 |
And none be able to know or tell | T2 |
How such a love in her young heart grew | V2 |
Till the charm have bound their souls as well | T2 |
And the flame burn bright in their bosoms too | V2 |
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They travel fast the bridegroom lord | H |
With his prancing steed and his trusty sword | H |
And the brother tyrant by his side | U2 |
With marble brow and heart of pride | U2 |
But vainly they follow o'er vale and hill | T2 |
Through the tufted heath or the cool clear rill | T2 |
That mournful pair are far before | W2 |
Where the bleak sands lie and the billows roar | W2 |
Far from the smiling land of her birth | X2 |
Her early home on the boundless earth | X2 |
Hath Linda with tears resolved to go | Y2 |
For her mother's son is her deadly foe | Y2 |
Stern as he was when she watch'd each look | Z2 |
And obey'd ere he spoke oh how shall he brook | Z2 |
That her heart hath swerved and her vows are naught | A3 |
For the sake of the love which a stranger brought | A3 |
Oh far may her white foot seek and reach | B3 |
A home on Erin's shingled beach | B3 |
Where Miriam dwelt in their bless'd land | C3 |
Of the free warm heart and the open hand | C3 |
Where no hypocrite sneer their wrath disguises | D3 |
But the sword springs out as the heart's blood rises | E3 |
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There hath she chosen her home to be | I2 |
And their bark bounds over the foaming sea | I2 |
Silently watching by Isbal's side | U2 |
Sadly she looks on the curling tide | U2 |
And gloomily as it roams o'er all | T2 |
His eye is a guide where hers shall fall | T2 |
Sudden a light shot o'er that eye | L |
And a quivering through him came | F3 |
And Linda though she knows not why | L |
Clings trembling to his frame | F3 |
Hurriedly he spoke | G3 |
As the deep flush broke | G3 |
O'er his face | H3 |
'There is a vessel would it were a wreck | I3 |
I know it by the flag and on that deck | I3 |
Are forms my soul can trace | H3 |
Though yet I see them not I know | Y2 |
That could we meet a bitter woe | Y2 |
Were thine their power beneath | J3 |
Though yet I hear them not I feel | T2 |
Each voice would tear the polish'd steel | T2 |
From out its idle sheath | J3 |
Curse on the sails whose lagging speed | K |
Doth leave us in our hour of need | K |
Is there no wind in heaven | P |
They come oh Linda cling to me | I2 |
Come closer yet more strength will be | I2 |
To love and vengeance given ' | - |
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Vain wrath Young Linda gazes on the sight | K3 |
Which thus hath conjured up a desperate fight | K3 |
And in the distance she doth spy a sail | T2 |
With its flag fluttering gently on the gale | T2 |
White calm and peaceful strange in truth it seems | M |
That such a sight hath power to wake such dreams | M |
Yet doth she shudder as with vehement force | L3 |
He clasps her round and views the vessel's course | L3 |
It nears it nears and through the signal glass | M3 |
The distant forms of crew and captain pass | M3 |
'Tis they 'tis they Her brother's haughty form | N3 |
Proudly erect defies the coming storm | N3 |
And seated near him in his mantle clad | O3 |
With brow almost as haughty but more sad | O3 |
Is he who woo'd her heart when love was yet | P3 |
A dream which those who wake strive vainly to forget | P3 |
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She sees them but all unconscious they | A |
Who tracks them thus on their distant way | A |
They hail the vessel then turn to gaze | Q3 |
Upon the sunset's parting rays | Q3 |
And veering in their course they sever | S2 |
Careless if they should p | I2 |
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton
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