Farewell To The Reader Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACACDD AEAFAEAA AGAGAHII| A maiden blush o'er every feature straying | A |
| The Muse her gentle harp now lays down here | B |
| And stands before thee for thy judgment praying | A |
| She waits with reverence but not with fear | C |
| Her last farewell for his kind smile delaying | A |
| Whom splendor dazzles not who holds truth dear | C |
| The hand of him alone whose soaring spirit | D |
| Worships the beautiful can crown her merit | D |
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| These simple lays are only heard resounding | A |
| While feeling hearts are gladdened by their tone | E |
| With brighter phantasies their path surrounding | A |
| To nobler aims their footsteps guiding on | F |
| Yet coming ages ne'er will hear them sounding | A |
| They live but for the present hour alone | E |
| The passing moment called them into being | A |
| And as the hours dance on they too are fleeing | A |
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| The spring returns and nature then awaking | A |
| Bursts into life across the smiling plain | G |
| Each shrub its perfume through the air is shaking | A |
| And heaven is filled with one sweet choral strain | G |
| While young and old their secret haunts forsaking | A |
| With raptured eye and ear rejoice again | H |
| The spring then flies to seed return the flowers | I |
| And naught remains to mark the vanished hours | I |
Friedrich Schiller
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