Carolan's Prophecy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGH IJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZA2 B2 C2D2E2SF2G2 H2SH2SI2J2I2J2 K2GK2G L2I2I2I2 XSXSWM2N2O2 P2L2Q2L2 BSBS R2L2R2L2SS2SS2 P2T2U2T2 V2W2V2W2 X2Y2X2Y2SO2SO2 XFXF Z2I2Z2I2 DKL2APA3I2B3E2SC3A sound of music from amidst the hills | A |
Came suddenly and died a fitful sound | B |
Of mirth soon lost in wail Again it rose | C |
And sank in mournfulness There sat a bard | D |
By a blue stream of Erin where it swept | E |
Flashing thro' rock and wood the sunset's light | F |
Was on his wavy silver gleaming hair | G |
And the wind's whisper in the mountain ash | H |
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Whose clusters droop'd above His head was bow'd | I |
His hand was on his harp yet thence its touch | J |
Had drawn but broken strains and many stood | K |
Waiting around in silent earnestness | L |
Th' unchaining of his soul the gush of song | M |
Many and graceful forms yet one alone | N |
Seem'd present to his dream and she indeed | O |
With her pale virgin brow and changeful cheek | P |
And the clear starlight of her serious eyes | Q |
Lovely amidst the flowing of dark locks | R |
And pallid braiding flowers was beautiful | S |
Ev'n painfully a creature to behold | T |
With trembling midst our joy lest aught unseen | U |
Should waft the vision from us leaving earth | V |
Too dim without its brightness Did such fear | W |
O'ershadow in that hour the gifted one | X |
By his own rushing stream Once more he gaz'd | Y |
Upon the radiant girl and yet once more | Z |
From the deep chords his wandering hand brought out | A2 |
A few short festive notes an opening strain | B2 |
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Of bridal melody soon dash'd with grief | C2 |
As if some wailing spirit in the strings | D2 |
Met and o'ermaster'd him but yielding then | E2 |
To the strong prophet impulse mournfully | S |
Like moaning waters o'er the harp he pour'd | F2 |
The trouble of his haunted soul and sang | G2 |
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Voice of the grave | H2 |
I hear thy thrilling call | S |
It comes in the dash of the foaming wave | H2 |
In the sear leaf's trembling fall | S |
In the shiver of the tree | I2 |
I hear thee O thou voice | J2 |
And I would thy warning were but for me | I2 |
That my spirit might rejoice | J2 |
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But thou art sent | K2 |
For the sad earth's young and fair | G |
For the graceful heads that have not bent | K2 |
To the wintry hand of care | G |
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They hear the wind's low sigh | L2 |
And the river sweeping free | I2 |
And the green reeds murmuring heavily | I2 |
And the woods but they hear not thee | I2 |
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Long have I striven | X |
With my deep foreboding soul | S |
But the full tide now its bounds hath riven | X |
And darkly on must roll | S |
There's a young brow smiling near | W |
With a bridal white rose wreath | M2 |
Unto me it smiles from a flowery bier | N2 |
Touch'd solemnly by death | O2 |
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Fair art thou Morna | P2 |
The sadness of thine eye | L2 |
Is beautiful as silvery clouds | Q2 |
On the dark blue summer sky | L2 |
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And thy voice comes like the sound | B |
Of a sweet and hidden rill | S |
That makes the dim woods tuneful round | B |
But soon it must be still | S |
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Silence and dust | R2 |
On thy sunny lips must lie | L2 |
Make not the strength of love thy trust | R2 |
A stronger yet is nigh | L2 |
No strain of festal flow | S |
That my hand for thee hath tried | S2 |
But into dirge notes wild and low | S |
Its ringing tones have died | S2 |
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Young art thou Morna | P2 |
Yet on thy gentle head | T2 |
Like heavy dew on the lily's leaves | U2 |
A spirit hath been shed | T2 |
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And the glance is thine which sees | V2 |
Thro' nature's awful heart | W2 |
But bright things go with the summer breeze | V2 |
And thou too must depart | W2 |
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Yet shall I weep | X2 |
I know that in thy breast | Y2 |
There swells a fount of song too deep | X2 |
Too powerful for thy rest | Y2 |
And the bitterness I know | S |
And the chill of this world's breath | O2 |
Go all undimm'd in thy glory go | S |
Young and crown'd bride of death | O2 |
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Take hence to heaven | X |
Thy holy thoughts and bright | F |
And soaring hopes that were not given | X |
For the touch of mortal blight | F |
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Might we follow in thy track | Z2 |
This parting should not be | I2 |
But the spring shall give us violets back | Z2 |
And every flower but thee | I2 |
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There was a burst of tears around the bard | D |
All wept but one and she serenely stood | K |
With her clear brow and dark religious eye | L2 |
Rais'd to the first faint star above the hills | A |
And cloudless though it might be that her cheek | P |
Was paler than before So Morna heard | A3 |
The minstrel's prophecy | I2 |
And spring return'd | B3 |
Bringing the earth her lovely things again | E2 |
All save the loveliest far A voice a smile | S |
A young sweet spirit gone | C3 |
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
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