The Beautiful Land Of Nod Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHGHIJKJ LMLMNOPOQBRB| Come cuddle your head on my shoulder dear | A |
| Your head like the golden rod | B |
| And we will go sailing away from here | C |
| To the beautiful land of Nod | B |
| Away from life s hurry and flurry and worry | D |
| Away from earth s shadows and gloom | E |
| To a world of fair weather we ll float off together | F |
| Where the roses are always in bloom | E |
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| Just shut up your eyes and fold your hands | G |
| Your hands like the leaves of a rose | H |
| And we will go sailing to those fair lands | G |
| That an atlas never shows | H |
| On the North and the West they are bounded by rest | I |
| On the South and the East by dreams | J |
| Tis the country ideal where nothing is real | K |
| But everything only seems | J |
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| Just dropp down the curtains of your dear eyes | L |
| Those eyes like a bright blue bell | M |
| And we will sail out under starlit skies | L |
| To the land where the fairies dwell | M |
| Down the river of sleep our barque shall sweep | N |
| Till it reaches the mystical isle | O |
| Which no man has seen but where all have been | P |
| And there we will pause for awhile | O |
| I will croon you a song as we float along | Q |
| To that shore that is blessed of God | B |
| Then ho for that fair land we re off for that rare land | R |
| That beautiful Land of Nod | B |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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