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 DKL2APA3I2B3E2SC3

A sound of music from amidst the hillsA
Came suddenly and died a fitful soundB
Of mirth soon lost in wail Again it roseC
And sank in mournfulness There sat a bardD
By a blue stream of Erin where it sweptE
Flashing thro' rock and wood the sunset's lightF
Was on his wavy silver gleaming hairG
And the wind's whisper in the mountain ashH
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Whose clusters droop'd above His head was bow'dI
His hand was on his harp yet thence its touchJ
Had drawn but broken strains and many stoodK
Waiting around in silent earnestnessL
Th' unchaining of his soul the gush of songM
Many and graceful forms yet one aloneN
Seem'd present to his dream and she indeedO
With her pale virgin brow and changeful cheekP
And the clear starlight of her serious eyesQ
Lovely amidst the flowing of dark locksR
And pallid braiding flowers was beautifulS
Ev'n painfully a creature to beholdT
With trembling midst our joy lest aught unseenU
Should waft the vision from us leaving earthV
Too dim without its brightness Did such fearW
O'ershadow in that hour the gifted oneX
By his own rushing stream Once more he gaz'dY
Upon the radiant girl and yet once moreZ
From the deep chords his wandering hand brought outA2
A few short festive notes an opening strainB2
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Of bridal melody soon dash'd with griefC2
As if some wailing spirit in the stringsD2
Met and o'ermaster'd him but yielding thenE2
To the strong prophet impulse mournfullyS
Like moaning waters o'er the harp he pour'dF2
The trouble of his haunted soul and sangG2
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Voice of the graveH2
I hear thy thrilling callS
It comes in the dash of the foaming waveH2
In the sear leaf's trembling fallS
In the shiver of the treeI2
I hear thee O thou voiceJ2
And I would thy warning were but for meI2
That my spirit might rejoiceJ2
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But thou art sentK2
For the sad earth's young and fairG
For the graceful heads that have not bentK2
To the wintry hand of careG
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They hear the wind's low sighL2
And the river sweeping freeI2
And the green reeds murmuring heavilyI2
And the woods but they hear not theeI2
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Long have I strivenX
With my deep foreboding soulS
But the full tide now its bounds hath rivenX
And darkly on must rollS
There's a young brow smiling nearW
With a bridal white rose wreathM2
Unto me it smiles from a flowery bierN2
Touch'd solemnly by deathO2
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Fair art thou MornaP2
The sadness of thine eyeL2
Is beautiful as silvery cloudsQ2
On the dark blue summer skyL2
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And thy voice comes like the soundB
Of a sweet and hidden rillS
That makes the dim woods tuneful roundB
But soon it must be stillS
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Silence and dustR2
On thy sunny lips must lieL2
Make not the strength of love thy trustR2
A stronger yet is nighL2
No strain of festal flowS
That my hand for thee hath triedS2
But into dirge notes wild and lowS
Its ringing tones have diedS2
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Young art thou MornaP2
Yet on thy gentle headT2
Like heavy dew on the lily's leavesU2
A spirit hath been shedT2
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And the glance is thine which seesV2
Thro' nature's awful heartW2
But bright things go with the summer breezeV2
And thou too must departW2
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Yet shall I weepX2
I know that in thy breastY2
There swells a fount of song too deepX2
Too powerful for thy restY2
And the bitterness I knowS
And the chill of this world's breathO2
Go all undimm'd in thy glory goS
Young and crown'd bride of deathO2
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Take hence to heavenX
Thy holy thoughts and brightF
And soaring hopes that were not givenX
For the touch of mortal blightF
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Might we follow in thy trackZ2
This parting should not beI2
But the spring shall give us violets backZ2
And every flower but theeI2
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There was a burst of tears around the bardD
All wept but one and she serenely stoodK
With her clear brow and dark religious eyeL2
Rais'd to the first faint star above the hillsA
And cloudless though it might be that her cheekP
Was paler than before So Morna heardA3
The minstrel's prophecyI2
And spring return'dB3
Bringing the earth her lovely things againE2
All save the loveliest far A voice a smileS
A young sweet spirit goneC3

Felicia Dorothea Hemans



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