A Lament For The Wissahiccon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB BBBCCDE FFBBGGHHHHG BEEBBBCCDE IJIJKKHHH BBIILLCCDE MMMGNNG| The waterfall is calling me | A |
| With its merry gleesome flow | B |
| And the green boughs are beckoning me | A |
| To where the wild flowers grow | B |
| - | |
| I may not go I may not go | B |
| To where the sunny waters flow | B |
| To where the wild wood flowers blow | B |
| I must stay here | C |
| In prison drear | C |
| Oh heavy life wear on wear on | D |
| Would God that thou wert done | E |
| - | |
| The busy mill wheel round and round | F |
| Goes turning with its reckless sound | F |
| And o'er the dam the wafers flow | B |
| Into the foaming stream below | B |
| And deep and dark away they glide | G |
| To meet the broad bright river's tide | G |
| And all the way | H |
| They murmuring say | H |
| Oh child why art thou far away | H |
| Come back into the sun and stray | H |
| Upon our mossy side | G |
| - | |
| I may not go I may not go | B |
| To where the gold green waters run | E |
| All shining in the summer sun | E |
| And leap from off the dam below | B |
| Into a whirl of boiling snow | B |
| Laughing and shouting as they go | B |
| I must stay here | C |
| In prison drear | C |
| Oh heavy life wear on wear on | D |
| Would God that thou wert done | E |
| - | |
| The soft spring wind goes passing by | I |
| Into the forests wide and cool | J |
| The clouds go trooping through the sky | I |
| To look down on some glassy pool | J |
| The sunshine makes the world rejoice | K |
| And all of them with gentle voice | K |
| Call me away | H |
| With them to stay | H |
| The blessed livelong summer's day | H |
| - | |
| I may not go I may not go | B |
| Where the sweet breathing spring winds blow | B |
| Nor where the silver clouds go by | I |
| Across the holy deep blue sky | I |
| Nor where the sunshine warm and bright | L |
| Comes down like a still shower of light | L |
| I must stay here | C |
| In prison drear | C |
| Oh heavy life wear on wear on | D |
| Would God that thou wert done | E |
| - | |
| Oh that I were a thing with wings | M |
| A bird that in a May hedge sings | M |
| A lonely heather bell that swings | M |
| Upon some wild hill side | G |
| Or even a silly senseless stone | N |
| With dark green starry moss o'ergrown | N |
| Round which the waters glide | G |
Frances Anne Kemble (fanny)
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