The Wild Huntsman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII JKJKLL MNMNBB LCLCOO PQRSCCThy rest was deep at the slumberer's hour | A |
If thou didst not hear the blast | B |
Of the savage horn from the mountain tower | A |
As the Wild Night Huntsman pass'd | B |
And the roar of the stormy chase went by | C |
Through the dark unquiet sky | C |
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The stag sprung up from his mossy bed | D |
When he caught the piercing sounds | E |
And the oak boughs crash'd to his antler'd head | D |
As he flew from the viewless hounds | E |
And the falcon soar'd from her craggy height | F |
Away through the rushing night | F |
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The banner shook on its ancient hold | G |
And the pine in its desert place | H |
As the cloud and tempest onward roll'd | G |
With the din of the trampling race | H |
And the glens were fill'd with the laugh and shout | I |
And the bugle ringing out | I |
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From the chieftain's hand the wine cup fell | J |
At the castle's festive board | K |
And a sudden pause came o'er the swell | J |
Of the harp's triumphal chord | K |
And the Minnesinger's thrilling lay | L |
In the hall died fast away | L |
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The convent's chanted rite was stay'd | M |
And the hermit dropp'd his beads | N |
And a trembling ran through the forest shade | M |
At the neigh of the phantom steeds | N |
And the church bells peal'd to the rocking blast | B |
As the Wild Night Huntsman pass'd | B |
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The storm hath swept with the chase away | L |
There is stillness in the sky | C |
But the mother looks on her son to day | L |
With a troubled heart and eye | C |
And the maiden's brow hath a shade of care | O |
Midst the gleam of her golden hair | O |
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The Rhine flows bright but its waves ere long | P |
Must hear a voice of war | Q |
And a clash of spears our hills among | R |
And a trumpet from afar | S |
And the brave on a bloody turf must lie | C |
For the Huntsman hath gone by | C |
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
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