The Queen-rose. A Summer Idyl Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDEE FGHGIIEE JKLKMMGG NBIBOOPP QMRMQQEE OESEETII UVIVWWRR XTYTDDET| The sunlight fell with a golden gleam | A |
| On the waves of the rippling rill | B |
| The pansies nodded their purple heads | C |
| But the proud queen rose stood still | B |
| She loved the light and she loved the sun | D |
| And the peaceful night when the day was done | D |
| But the faithless sun in his careless way | E |
| Had broken her heart on that summer's day | E |
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| She had bathed her soul in his warm sweet rays | F |
| She had given her life to him | G |
| And her crimson heart it was his alone | H |
| Of love it was full to the brim | G |
| But a fairer bud in the garden of love | I |
| Had conquered the heart of the king above | I |
| And the proud queen rose on that summer's day | E |
| Had given a love that was thrown away | E |
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| The pansies laughed in the summer breeze | J |
| For they were so happy and free | K |
| And the lilies swayed in the waving grass | L |
| Like sails on an emerald sea | K |
| But the sun glanced down with a mocking light | M |
| And the heart of the rose stood still at the sight | M |
| For never again with its love for him | G |
| Would her crimson heart be filled to the brim | G |
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| Ah me she sighed as she drooped her head | N |
| How vain is my haughty will | B |
| I sought to mate with the sun above | I |
| But lo I am mortal still | B |
| I envy the pansy that nods at my feet | O |
| For though she is lowly her life is sweet | O |
| And I envy the lily for she is glad | P |
| And knows not the longings that make me sad | P |
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| A maiden sat where the pansies grew | Q |
| In a golden shower of light | M |
| And she heard the words of the sighing rose | R |
| Borne near in the wind's swift flight | M |
| Ah rose she cried I am like to you | Q |
| There's never a heart in this world that's true | Q |
| I yielded a love that's thrown away | E |
| And I'm weary of life on this summer's day | E |
| - | |
| But listen my rose and I'll tell you sweet | O |
| The lesson I learned to day | E |
| There's never a heart in this wide wide world | S |
| That was born to be thrown away | E |
| The sun may smile as he sails away | E |
| In the depths of his azure seas for aye | T |
| But the rose that blooms in the garden of love | I |
| Is as fair as the sun to our God above | I |
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| The smallest flower that slakes her thirst | U |
| In the dews of the early morn | V |
| Is as great as the stars in heaven above | I |
| The greatest that ever was born | V |
| The love we give on this earth of ours | W |
| Is treasured in heaven through all the hours | W |
| And the crimson heart of the proud queen rose | R |
| Is as fair a gem as the earth land knows | R |
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| The queen rose listened and held her breath | X |
| As the maiden passed her by | T |
| And then with a grace that was fearless and grand | Y |
| She lifted her face to the sky | T |
| And never again when the day was done | D |
| Did she long for the love of the golden sun | D |
| For the lesson she learned on that summer's day | E |
| Lay deep in her heart forever and aye | T |
Fannie Isabelle Sherrick
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