The Rivers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEG HIHI JKJK LMLM HFHF NOPO QRQR| GO trace th' unnumbered streams o'er earth | A |
| That wind their devious course | B |
| That draw from Alpine heights their birth | A |
| Deep vale or cavern source | B |
| - | |
| Some by majestic cities glide | C |
| Proud scenes of man's renown | D |
| Some lead their solitary tide | C |
| Where pathless forests frown | D |
| - | |
| Some calmly roll in golden sands | E |
| Where Afric's deserts lie | F |
| Or spread to clothe rejoicing lands | E |
| With rich fertility | G |
| - | |
| These bear the bark whose stately sail | H |
| Exulting seems to swell | I |
| While these scarce rippled by a gale | H |
| Sleep in the lonely dell | I |
| - | |
| Yet on alike though swift or slow | J |
| Their various waves may sweep | K |
| Through cities or through shades they flow | J |
| To the same boundless deep | K |
| - | |
| Oh thus whate'er our path of life | L |
| Through sunshine or through gloom | M |
| Through scenes of quiet or of strife | L |
| Its end is still the tomb | M |
| - | |
| The chief whose mighty deeds we hail | H |
| The monarch throned on high | F |
| The peasant in his native vale | H |
| All journey on to die | F |
| - | |
| But if Thy guardian care my God | N |
| The pilgrim's course attend | O |
| I will not fear the dark abode | P |
| To which my footsteps bend | O |
| - | |
| For thence thine all redeeming Son | Q |
| Who died the world to save | R |
| In light in triumph rose and won | Q |
| The victory from the grave | R |
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
(3)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About The Rivers
The Rivers is a poem by Felicia Dorothea Hemans. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about The Rivers poem by Felicia Dorothea Hemans
Best Poems of Felicia Dorothea Hemans