Madeline. A Domestic Tale Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDEEFFGGHHIIJJKK LLJM NNOOPPQQOO RRSSTTUU VVVVWXWYZZA2A2B2VB2V C2VVC2 D2E2VVVVOOF2F2VVVVVV G2HVV H2I2E2E2VVJ2J2K2L2M2 N2O2P2VV FQ2

My child my child thou leav'st me I shall hearA
The gentle voice no more that blest mine earA
With its first utterance I shall miss the soundB
Of thy light step amidst the flowers aroundB
And thy soft breathing hymn at twilight's closeC
And thy 'Good night' at parting for reposeD
Under the vine leaves I shall sit aloneE
And the low breeze will have a mournful toneE
Amidst their tendrils while I think of theeF
My child and thou along the moonlight seaF
With a soft sadness haply in thy glanceG
Shalt watch thine own thy pleasant land of FranceG
Fading to air Yet blessings with thee goH
Love guard thee gentlest and the exile's woH
From thy young heart be far And sorrow notI
For me sweet daughter in my lonely lotI
God shall be with me Now farewell farewellJ
Thou that hast been what words may never tellJ
Unto thy mother's bosom since the daysK
When thou wert pillow'd there and wont to raiseK
In sudden laughter thence thy loving eyeL
That still sought mine these moments are gone byL
Thou too must go my flower Yet with thee dwellJ
The peace of God One one more gaze farewell 'M
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This was a mother's parting with her childN
A young meek bride on whom fair fortune smil'dN
And wooed her with a voice of love awayO
From childhood's home yet there with fond delayO
She linger'd on the threshold heard the noteP
Of her cag'd bird thro' trellis'd rose leaves floatP
And fell upon her mother's neck and weptQ
Whilst old remembrances that long had sleptQ
Gush'd o'er her soul and many a vanish'd dayO
As in one picture traced before her layO
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But the farewell was said and on the deepR
When its breast heav'd in sunset's golden sleepR
With a calm'd heart young Madeline ere longS
Pour'd forth her own sweet solemn vesper songS
Breathing of home thro' stillness heard afarT
And duly rising with the first pale starT
That voice was on the waters till at lastU
The sounding ocean solitudes were pass'dU
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And the bright land was reach'd the youthful worldV
That glows along the West the sails were furl'dV
In its clear sunshine and the gentle brideV
Look'd on the home that promis'd hearts untriedV
A bower of bliss to come Alas we traceW
The map of our own paths and long ere yearsX
With their dull steps the brilliant lines effaceW
On sweeps the storm and blots them out with tearsY
That home was darken'd soon the summer breezeZ
Welcom'd with death the wanderers from the seasZ
Death unto one and anguish how forlornA2
To her that widow'd in her marriage mornA2
Sat in her voiceless dwelling whence with himB2
Her bosom's first belov'd her friend and guideV
Joy had gone forth and left the green earth dimB2
As from the sun shut out on every sideV
By the close veil of misery Oh but illC2
When with rich hopes o'erfraught the young high heartV
Bears its first blow it knows not yet the partV
Which life will teach to suffer and be stillC2
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And with submissive love to count the flowersD2
Which yet are spared and thro' the future hourE2
To send no busy dream She had not learn'dV
Of sorrow till that hour and therefore turn'dV
In weariness from life then came th' unrestV
The heart sick yearning of the exile's breastV
The haunting sounds of voices far awayO
And household steps until at last she layO
On her lone couch of sickness lost in dreamsF2
Of the gay vineyards and blue rushing streamsF2
In her own sunny land and murmuring oftV
Familiar names in accents wild yet softV
To strangers round that bed who knew not aughtV
Of the deep spells wherewith each word was fraughtV
To strangers Oh could strangers raise the headV
Gently as hers was raised did strangers shedV
The kindly tears which bath'd that feverish browG2
And wasted cheek with half unconscious flowH
Something was there that thro' the lingering nightV
Outwatches patiently the taper's lightV
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Something that faints not thro' the day's distressH2
That fears not toil that knows not wearinessI2
Love true and perfect love Whence came that powerE2
Uprearing thro' the storm the drooping flowerE2
Whence who can ask the wild delirium pass'dV
And from her eyes the spirit look'd at lastV
Into her mother's face and wakening knewJ2
The brow's calm grace the hair's dear silvery hueJ2
The kind sweet smile of old and had she comeK2
Thus in life's evening from her distant homeL2
To save her child Ev'n so nor yet in vainM2
In that young heart a light sprung up againN2
And lovely still with so much love to giveO2
Seem'd this fair world tho' faded still to liveP2
Was not to pine forsaken On the breastV
That rock'd her childhood sinking in soft restV
'Sweet mother gentlest mother can it be '-
The lorn one cried 'and do I look on theeF
Take back thy wanderer from this fatal shoreQ2
Peace shall be ours beneath our vines once more '-

Felicia Dorothea Hemans



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