Clark Ashton Smith

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Nyctalops Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBAB DEFEGE HIJIHK LHHHMH HNHNHN HOPOHO HQHQHQ

Ye that see in darknessA
When the moon is drownedB
In the coiling fen mistC
Far along the groundB
Ye that see in darknessA
Say what have ye foundB
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We have seen strange atomsD
Trysting on the airE
The dust of vanished loversF
Long parted in despairE
And dust of flowers that witheredG
In worlds of otherwhereE
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We have seen the nightmaresH
Winging down the skyI
Bat like and silentJ
To where the sleepers lieI
We have seen the bosomsH
Of the succubiK
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We have seen the crystalL
Of dead Medusa's tearsH
We have watched the undinesH
That wane in stagnant weirsH
And mandrakes madly dancingM
By black blood swollen meresH
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We have seen the satyrsH
Their ancient loves renewN
With moon white nymphs of cypressH
Pale dryads of the yewN
In the tall grass of graveyardsH
Weighed down with evening's dewN
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We have seen the darknessH
Where charnel things decayO
Where atom moves with atomP
In shining swift arrayO
Like ordered constellationsH
On some sidereal wayO
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We have seen fair colorsH
That dwell not in the lightQ
Intenser gold and irisH
Occult and reconditeQ
We have seen the black sunsH
Pouring forth the nightQ

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