The Kingdom Of Love Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED FGFGHEIE JHKHLMLM DDDDDDDD DDNDDBDBIn the dawn of the day when the sea and the earth | A |
Reflected the sunrise above | B |
I set forth with a heart full of courage and mirth | A |
To seek for the Kingdom of Love | B |
I asked of a Poet I met on the way | C |
Which cross road would lead me aright | D |
And he said Follow me and ere long you will see | E |
Its glistening turrets of Light | D |
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And soon in the distance a city shone fair | F |
Look yonder he said there it gleams | G |
But alas for the hopes that were doomed to despair | F |
It was only the Kingdom of Dreams | G |
Then the next man I asked was a gay cavalier | H |
And he said Follow me follow me | E |
And with laughter and song we went speeding along | I |
By the shores of life's beautiful sea | E |
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Till we came to a valley more tropical far | J |
Than the wonderful Vale of Cashmere | H |
And I saw from a bower a face like a flower | K |
Smile out on the gay cavalier | H |
And he said We have come to humanity's goal | L |
Here love and delight are intense | M |
But alas and alas for the hope of my soul | L |
It was only the Kingdom of Sense | M |
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As I journeyed more slowly I met on the road | D |
A coach with retainers behind | D |
And they said Follow us for our lady's abode | D |
Belongs in the realm you would find | D |
'Twas a grand dame of fashion a newly wed bride | D |
I followed encouraged and bold | D |
But my hope died away like the last gleams of day | D |
For we came to the Kingdom of Gold | D |
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At the door of a cottage I asked a fair maid | D |
I have heard of that Realm she replied | D |
But my feet never roam from the Kingdom of Home | N |
So I know not the way and she sighed | D |
I looked on the cottage how restful it seemed | D |
And the maid was as fair as a dove | B |
Great light glorified my soul as I cried | D |
Why home is the Kingdom of Love | B |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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