Eliza Cook

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The Quiet Eye Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFGHIDID JKJKLKLK MNMOKPKP

THE ORB I like is not the oneA
That dazzles with its lightning gleamB
That dares to look upon the sunA
As though it challenged brighter beamB
That orb may sparkle flash and rollC
Its fire may blaze its shaft may flyD
But not for me I prize the soulC
That slumbers in a quiet eyeD
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There s something in its placid shadeE
That tells of calm unworldly thoughtF
Hope may be crown d or joy delay dG
No dimness steals no ray is caughtH
Its pensive language seems to sayI
I know that I must close and dieD
And death itself come when it mayI
Can hardly change the quiet eyeD
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There s meaning in its steady glanceJ
Of gentle blame or praising loveK
That makes me tremble to advanceJ
A word that meaning might reproveK
The haughty threat the fiery lookL
My spirit proudly can defyK
But never yet could meet and brookL
The upbraiding of a quiet eyeK
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There s firmness in its even lightM
That augurs of a breast sincereN
And oh take watch how ye exciteM
That firmness till it yield a tearO
Some bosoms give an easy sighK
Some drops of grief will freely startP
But that which sears the quiet eyeK
Hath its deep fountain in the heartP

Eliza Cook



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