Sandalwood Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEFAGHAIJKLMLAFN OAPAQROSTO| Upon thy separate road | A |
| Thou who hast chosen the world's appointed way | B |
| My songs shall be as the perfume of sandalwood | A |
| Borne by a secret wind from form lost irretrievable islands | C |
| Where the hibiscus bowers of our love | D |
| And the palaces of roseate marble | E |
| With all their vine caught pillars | F |
| Were dreamt but never builded | A |
| And through the clanging tumult of thy days | G |
| A rumour of phantom chords | H |
| Of dulcimers destroyed | A |
| And lutes that might have been | I |
| Shall call and cry to thee as the burden of my songs | J |
| And thou shalt hear the spectral fountains fall | K |
| Delicious as the laughter | L |
| Of ghosts of amorous women | M |
| Of flowers that never were | L |
| And winds that flee exiguous and faint | A |
| Like the sighs of long dead lovers | F |
| Through seedless gardens without place or name | N |
| And thou shalt know | O |
| What immaterial myrtles pale and sweet | A |
| As the breasts of love worn queens | P |
| Or flushed as with a maiden's glowing blood | A |
| Were strewn to make | Q |
| The forfeit couch where two shall never come | R |
| And know | O |
| What topaz or what Tyrian coloured wines | S |
| The palm entrellised grapes | T |
| Withhold in lost Cocaigne | O |
Clark Ashton Smith
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