Songs Of A Country Home Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BBB CCC DDE A FGFHHIJI KLMLLNON A PPPPP PPPAPPPPPA QQRR PPST

IA
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Who has not felt his heart leap up and glowB
What time the Tulips first begin to blowB
Has one sweet joy still left for him to knowB
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It is like early love's imaginingC
That fragile pleasure which the Tulips bringC
When suddenly we see them in the SpringC
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Not all the garden's later royal trainD
Not great triumphant Roses when they reignD
Can bring that delicate delight againE
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IIA
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One of the sweetest hours is thisF
Of all I think we like it bestG
A little restful oasisF
Between the breakfast and the postH
Just south of coffee and of toastH
Just north of daily task and dutyI
Just west of dreams this island gleamsJ
A fertile spot of peace and beautyI
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We wander out across the lawnK
We idle by a bush in bloomL
The household pets come following onM
Or if the day is one of gloomL
We loiter in a pleasant roomL
Or from a casement lean and chatterN
Then comes the mail like sudden hailO
And off we scatterN
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IIIA
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When Roses die in languid August daysP
We leave the garden to its fallen waysP
And seek the shelter of wide porticoesP
Where Honeysuckle in defiance blowsP
Undaunted by the sun's too ardent raysP
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The matron Summer turns a wistful gazeP
Across green valleys back to tender MaysP
And something of her large contentment goesP
When Roses dieA
Yet all her subtle fascination staysP
To lure us into idle sweet delaysP
The lowered awning by the hammock showsP
Inviting nooks for dreaming and reposeP
Oh restful are the pleasures of those daysP
When Roses dieA
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The summer folk fled back to townQ
The green woods changed to red and brownQ
A sound upon the frosty airR
Of windows closing everywhereR
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And then the log lapped by a blazeP
Oh what is better than these daysP
With books and friends and love a nearS
Go on gay world but leave me hereT

Ella Wheeler Wilcox



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