The Revellers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BCDDEEFGHIJJ KKLLMMNOPPGG BCQQFFRRSSOT BCUUVVWXYYZZA2A2 BCB2B2C2D2E2E2F2F2B2 B2A | |
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Ring joyous chords ring out again | B |
A swifter still and a wilder strain | C |
They are here the fair face and the careless heart | D |
And stars shall wane ere the mirthful part | D |
But I met a dimly mournful glance | E |
In a sudden turn of the flying dance | E |
I heard the tone of a heavy sigh | F |
In a pause of the thrilling melody | G |
And it is not well that woe should breathe | H |
On the bright spring flowers of the festal wreath | I |
Ye that to thought or to grief belong | J |
Leave leave the hall of song | J |
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Ring joyous chords but who art thou | K |
With the shadowy locks o'er thy pale young brow | K |
And the world of dreamy gloom that lies | L |
In the misty depths of thy soft dark eyes | L |
Thou hast lov'd fair girl thou hast lov'd too well | M |
Thou art mourning now o'er a broken spell | M |
Thou hast pour'd thy heart's rich treasures forth | N |
And art unrepaid for their priceless worth | O |
Mourn on yet come thou not here the while | P |
It is but a pain to see thee smile | P |
There is not a tone in our songs for thee | G |
Home with thy sorrows flee | G |
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Ring joyous chords ring out again | B |
But what dost thou with the Revel's train | C |
A silvery voice through the soft air floats | Q |
But thou hast no part in the gladdening notes | Q |
There are bright young faces that pass thee by | F |
But they fix no glance of thy wandering eye | F |
Away there's a void in thy yearning breast | R |
Thou weary man wilt thou here find rest | R |
Away for thy thoughts from the scene have fled | S |
And the love of thy spirit is with the dead | S |
Thou art but more lone midst the sounds of mirth | O |
Back to thy silent hearth | T |
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Ring joyous chords ring forth again | B |
A swifter still and a wilder strain | C |
But thou though a reckless mien be thine | U |
And thy cup be crown'd with the foaming wine | U |
By the fitful bursts of thy laughter loud | V |
By thine eye's quick flash through its troubled cloud | V |
I know thee it is but the wakeful fear | W |
Of a haunted bosom that brings thee here | X |
I know thee thou fearest the solemn night | Y |
With her piercing stars and her deep wind's might | Y |
There's a tone in her voice which thou fain wouldst shun | Z |
For it asks what the secret soul hath done | Z |
And thou there's a dark weight on thine away | A2 |
Back to thy home and pray | A2 |
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Ring joyous chords ring out again | B |
A swifter still and a wilder strain | C |
And bring fresh wreaths we will banish all | B2 |
Save the free in heart from our festive hall | B2 |
On through the maze of the fleet dance on | C2 |
But where are the young and the lovely gone | D2 |
Where are the brows with the red rose crown'd | E2 |
And the floating forms with the bright zone bound | E2 |
And the waving locks and the flying feet | F2 |
That still should be where the mirthful meet | F2 |
They are gone they are fled they are parted all | B2 |
Alas the forsaken hall | B2 |
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
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