The Night Bird: A Myth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DBB EFG AHI EFJ J| A floating a floating | A |
| Across the sleeping sea | B |
| All night I heard a singing bird | C |
| Upon the topmost tree | B |
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| 'Oh came you off the isles of Greece | D |
| Or off the banks of Seine | B |
| Or off some tree in forests free | B |
| Which fringe the western main ' | - |
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| 'I came not off the old world | E |
| Nor yet from off the new | F |
| But I am one of the birds of God | G |
| Which sing the whole night through ' | - |
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| 'Oh sing and wake the dawning | A |
| Oh whistle for the wind | H |
| The night is long the current strong | I |
| My boat it lags behind ' | - |
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| 'The current sweeps the old world | E |
| The current sweeps the new | F |
| The wind will blow the dawn will glow | J |
| Ere thou hast sailed them through ' | - |
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| Eversley | J |
Charles Kingsley
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