Mother And Sphinx (egyptian Folk-song) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAABCDCCD AEAAEFGHFG IJIIJDADDA FAHFAKGKLG| Grim is the face that looks into the night | A |
| Over the stretch of sands | B |
| A sullen rock in a sea of white | A |
| A ghostly shadow in ghostly light | A |
| Peering and moaning it stands | B |
| Oh is it the king that rides this way | C |
| Oh is it the king that rides so free | D |
| I have looked for the king this many a day | C |
| But the years that mock me will not say | C |
| Why tarrieth he | D |
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| 'T is not your king that shall ride to night | A |
| But a child that is fast asleep | E |
| And the horse he shall ride is the Dream horse white | A |
| Aha he shall speed through the ghostly light | A |
| Where the ghostly shadows creep | E |
| My eyes are dull and my face is sere | F |
| Yet unto the word he gave I cling | G |
| For he was a Pharaoh that set me here | H |
| And lo I have waited this many a year | F |
| For him my king | G |
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| Oh past thy face my darling shall ride | I |
| Swift as the burning winds that bear | J |
| The sand clouds over the desert wide | I |
| Swift to the verdure and palms beside | I |
| The wells off there | J |
| And is it the mighty king I shall see | D |
| Come riding into the night | A |
| Oh is it the king come back to me | D |
| Proudly and fiercely rideth he | D |
| With centuries dight | A |
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| I know no king but my dark eyed dear | F |
| That shall ride the Dream Horse white | A |
| But see he wakes at my bosom here | H |
| While the Dream Horse frettingly lingers near | F |
| To speed with my babe to night | A |
| And out of the desert darkness peers | K |
| A ghostly ghastly shadowy thing | G |
| Like a spirit come out of the mouldering years | K |
| And ever that waiting spectre hears | L |
| The coming king | G |
Eugene Field
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