A Psalm To The Best Beloved Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGGHIJKGLJMMMNG M| Thou comfortest me with the manna of thy love | A |
| And the kisses of thy mouth are wine and sustenance | B |
| They are grateful as fruit | C |
| In lonely orchards by the wayside of a ruinous land | D |
| They are sweet as the purple grapes | E |
| On parching hills that confront the autumnal desert | F |
| Or apples that the mad simoom hath spared | G |
| In a garden with walls of syenite | G |
| Thy loosened hair is a veil | H |
| For the weariness of mine eyes and eyelids | I |
| Which have known the redoubled sun | J |
| In a desert valley with slopes of the dust of white marble | K |
| And have gazed on the mounded salt | G |
| In the marshes of a lake of dead waters | L |
| Thy body is a secret Eden | J |
| Fed with lethean springs | M |
| And the touch of thy flesh is like to the savor of lotos | M |
| In thy hair is a perfume of ecstasy | M |
| And a perfume of sleep | N |
| Between thy thighs is a valley of delight | G |
| And a valley of peace | M |
Clark Ashton Smith
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