Only A Dream Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDB AE AAFF GHHG IJKKL AAMN AAAA OAPQ RAST| METHOUGHT I saw thee yesternight | A |
| Sit by me in the olden guise | B |
| The white robes and the pain foregone | C |
| Weaving instead of amaranth crown | D |
| A web of mortal dyes | B |
| - | |
| I cried 'Where hast thou been so long ' | - |
| The mild eyes turned and mutely smiled | A |
| 'Why dwellest thou in far off lands | E |
| What is that web within thy hands ' | - |
| 'I work for thee my child ' | - |
| - | |
| I clasped thee in my arms and wept | A |
| I kissed thee oft with passion wild | A |
| I poured fond questions tender blame | F |
| Still thy sole answer was the same | F |
| 'I work for thee my child ' | - |
| - | |
| 'Come and walk with me as of old ' | - |
| Then camest thou silent as before | G |
| We passed along that churchyard way | H |
| We used to tread each Sabbath day | H |
| Till one trod earth no more | G |
| - | |
| I felt thy hand upon my arm | I |
| Beside me thy meek face I saw | J |
| Yet through the sweet familiar grace | K |
| A something spiritual could trace | K |
| That left a nameless awe | L |
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| Trembling I said 'Long years have passed | A |
| Since thou wert from my side beguiled | A |
| Now thou'rt returned and all shall be | M |
| As was before ' Half pensively | N |
| Thou answered'st 'Nay my child ' | - |
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| I pleaded sore 'Hadst thou forgot | A |
| The love wherewith we loved of old | A |
| The long sweet days of converse blest | A |
| The nights of slumber on thy breast | A |
| Wert thou to me grown cold ' | - |
| - | |
| There beamed on me those eyes of heaven | O |
| That wept no more but ever smiled | A |
| 'Love only is love in that Home | P |
| Where I abide where till thou come | Q |
| I work for thee my child ' | - |
| - | |
| If from my sight thou passedst then | R |
| Or if my sobs the dream exiled | A |
| I know not but in memory clear | S |
| I seem these strange words still to hear | T |
| 'I work for thee my child ' | - |
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
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