Read At The Benefit Of Clara Morris (america's Great Emotional Actress) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDAD EFEFCCGHHG ECECCCIGGI J JCHHGCCG HBKBCCLHHL

The Radiant Rulers of Mystic RegionsA
Where souls of artists are fitted for birthB
Gathered together their lovely legionsA
And fashioned a woman to shine on earthB
They bathed her in splendourC
They made her tenderC
They gave her a nature both sweet and wildD
They gave her emotions like storm stirred oceansA
And they gave her the heart of a little childD
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These Radiant Rulers who are not humanE
Nor yet divine like the gods aboveF
Poured all their gifts in the soul of womanE
That fragile vessel meant only for loveF
Still more they taught herC
Still more they brought herC
Till they gave her the world for a harp one dayG
And they bade her string itH
They bade her ring itH
While the stars all wondered to hear her playG
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She touched the strings in a master fashionE
She uttered the cry of a world's despairC
Its long hid secret its pent up passionE
She gave to the winds in a vibrant airC
For oh the heart of herC
That was the art of herC
Great with the feeling that makes men kinI
Art unapproachableG
Art all uncoachableG
Fragrance and flame from the spirit withinI
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The earth turns ever an ear unheedingJ
To the sorrows of art as it cries 'encore '-
And she played on the harp till her hands were bleedingJ
And her brow was bruised by the laurels she woreC
She knew the trend of itH
She knew the end of itH
Men heard the music and men felt the thrillG
Bound to the altarC
Of art could she falterC
Then came a silence the music was stillG
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And yet in the echoes we seem to hear itH
In waves unbroken it circles the earthB
And we catch in the light of her dauntless spiritK
A gleam from the centre that gave her birthB
Still is the fame of herC
Felt in the name of herC
But low lies the harp that once thrilled to her strainL
No hand has taken itH
No hand can waken itH
For the soul of her art was her secret of painL

Ella Wheeler Wilcox



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