On A Musical Box Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBABACDCEFFGFFGHI JIKLKLICICCGCGMEMEII INNI| Poor little sprite in that dark narrow cell | A |
| Caged by the law of man's resistless might | B |
| With thy sweet liquid notes by some strong spell | A |
| Compelled to minister to his delight | B |
| Whence what art thou art thou a fairy wight | B |
| Caught sleeping in some lily's snowy bell | A |
| Where thou hadst crept to rock in the moonlight | B |
| And drink the starry dew drops as they fell | A |
| Say dost thou think sometimes when thou art singing | C |
| Of thy wild haunt upon the mountain's brow | D |
| Where thou wert wont to list the heath bells ringing | C |
| And sail upon the sunset's amber glow | E |
| When thou art weary of thy oft told theme | F |
| Say dost thou think of the clear pebbly stream | F |
| Upon whose mossy brink thy fellows play | G |
| Dancing in circles by the moon's soft beam | F |
| Hiding in blossoms from the sun's fierce gleam | F |
| Whilst thou in darkness sing'st thy life away | G |
| And canst thou feel when the spring time returns | H |
| Filling the earth with fragrance and with glee | I |
| When in the wide creation nothing mourns | J |
| Of all that lives save that which is not free | I |
| Oh if thou couldst and we could hear thy prayer | K |
| How would thy little voice beseeching cry | L |
| For one short draught of the sweet morning air | K |
| For one short glimpse of the clear azure sky | L |
| Perchance thou sing'st in hope thou shalt be free | I |
| Sweetly and patiently thy task fulfilling | C |
| While thy sad thoughts are wandering with the bee | I |
| To every bud with honey dew distilling | C |
| That hope is vain for even couldst thou wing | C |
| Thy homeward flight back to the greenwood gay | G |
| Thou'dst be a shunned and a forsaken thing | C |
| 'Mongst the companions of thy happier day | G |
| For fairy sprites like many other creatures | M |
| Bear fleeting memories that come and go | E |
| Nor can they oft recall familiar features | M |
| By absence touched or clouded o'er with woe | E |
| Then rest content with sorrow for there be | I |
| Many that must that lesson learn with thee | I |
| And still thy wild notes warble cheerfully | I |
| Till when thy tiny voice begins to fail | N |
| For thy lost bliss sing but one parting wail | N |
| Poor little sprite and then sleep peacefully | I |
Frances Anne Kemble (fanny)
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