The Suliote Mother Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CCDDE FGHG IJKLM NONO PPQQR STST UUGGV WXWQ| She stood upon the loftiest peak | A |
| Amidst the clear blue sky | B |
| A bitter smile was on her cheek | A |
| And a dark flash in her eye | B |
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| 'Dost thou see then boy through the dusky pines | C |
| Dost thou see where the foeman's armour shines | C |
| Hast thou caught the gleam of the conqueror's crest | D |
| My babe that I cradled on my breast | D |
| Wouldst thou spring from thy mother's arms with joy | E |
| That sight hath cost thee a father boy ' | - |
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| For in the rocky strait beneath | F |
| Lay Suliote sire and son | G |
| They had heap'd high the piles of death | H |
| Before the pass was won | G |
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| 'They have cross'd the torrent and on they come | I |
| Woe for the mountain hearth and home | J |
| There where the hunter laid by his spear | K |
| There where the lyre hath been sweet to hear | L |
| There where I sang thee fair babe to sleep | M |
| Nought but the blood stain our trace shall keep ' | - |
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| And now the horn's loud blast was heard | N |
| And now the cymbal's clang | O |
| Till ev'n the upper air was stirr'd | N |
| As cliff and hollow rang | O |
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| 'Hark they bring music my joyous child | P |
| What saith the trumpet to Suli's wild | P |
| Doth it light thine eye with so quick a fire | Q |
| As if at a glance of thine armed sire | Q |
| Still be thou still there are brave men low | R |
| Thou wouldst not smile couldst thou seem him now ' | - |
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| But nearer came the clash of steel | S |
| And louder swell'd the horn | T |
| And farther yet the tambour's peal | S |
| Through the dark pass was borne | T |
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| 'Hear'st thou the sound of their savage mirth | U |
| Boy thou wert free when I gave thee birth | U |
| Free and how cherish'd my warrior's son | G |
| He too hath bless'd thee as I have done | G |
| Aye and unchain'd must his lov'd ones be | V |
| Freedom young Suliote for thee and me ' | - |
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| And from the arrowy peak she sprung | W |
| And fast the fair child bore | X |
| A veil upon the wind was flung | W |
| A cry and all was o'er | Q |
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
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