The Spanish Chapel Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF HIJI KLKL MNMN OPOP QMQM RSRS TUTU JAJA VWVW XYX JZHA2 B2LB2L WC2WC2 FD2FI made a mountain brook my guide | A |
Thro' a wild Spanish glen | B |
And wandered on its grassy side | A |
Far from the homes of men | B |
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It lured me with a singing tone | C |
And many a sunny glance | D |
To a green spot of beauty lone | C |
A haunt for old romance | D |
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A dim and deeply bosom'd grove | E |
Of many an aged tree | F |
Such as the shadowy violets love | G |
The fawn and forest bee | F |
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The darkness of the chestnut bough | H |
There on the waters lay | I |
The bright stream reverently below | J |
Check'd its exulting play | I |
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And bore a music all subdued | K |
And led a silvery sheen | L |
On thro' the breathing solitude | K |
Of that rich leafy scene | L |
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For something viewlessly around | M |
Of solemn influence dwelt | N |
In the soft gloom and whispery sound | M |
Not to be told but felt | N |
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While sending forth a quiet gleam | O |
Across the wood's repose | P |
And o'er the twilight of the stream | O |
A lowly chapel rose | P |
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A pathway to that still retreat | Q |
Thro' many a myrtle wound | M |
And there a sight how strangely sweet | Q |
My steps in wonder bound | M |
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For on a brilliant bed of flowers | R |
Even at the threshold made | S |
As if to sleep thro' sultry hours | R |
A young fair child was laid | S |
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To sleep oh ne'er on childhood's eye | T |
And silken lashes press'd | U |
Did the warm living slumber lie | T |
With such a weight of rest | U |
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Yet still a tender crimson glow | J |
Its cheek's pure marble dyed | A |
'Twas but the light's faint streaming flow | J |
Thro' roses heap'd beside | A |
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I stoop'd the smooth round arm was chill | V |
The soft lip's breath was fled | W |
And the bright ringlets hung so still | V |
The lovely child was dead | W |
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'Alas ' I cried 'fair faded thing | X |
Thou hast wrung bitter tears | Y |
And thou hast left a wo to cling | X |
Round yearning hearts for years ' | - |
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But then a voice came sweet and low | J |
I turn'd and near me sate | Z |
A woman with a mourner's brow | H |
Pale yet not desolate | A2 |
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And in her still clear matron face | B2 |
All solemnly serene | L |
A shadow'd image I could trace | B2 |
Of that young slumberer's mien | L |
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'Stranger thou pitiest me ' she said | W |
With lips that faintly smil'd | C2 |
'As here I watch beside my dead | W |
My fair and precious child | C2 |
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'But know the time worn heart may be | F |
By pangs in this world riven | D2 |
Keener than theirs who yield like me | F |
An angel thus to Heaven ' | - |
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
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