Pompeii And Herculaneum Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCABCDDEFGGHIJFHHKH L KMMNBOPP QHFHRSFFRTTUUUVV HWWXHCXCFFYYRFF ZZFFFFA2LA2LHH| What wonder this we ask the lympid well | A |
| O earth of thee and from thy solemn womb | B |
| What yieldest thou is there life in the abyss | C |
| Doth a new race beneath the lava dwell | A |
| Returns the past awakening from the tomb | B |
| Rome Greece Oh come Behold behold for this | C |
| Our living world the old Pompeii sees | D |
| And built anew the town of Dorian Hercules | D |
| House upon house its silent halls once more | E |
| Opes the broad portico Oh haste and fill | F |
| Again those halls with life Oh pour along | G |
| Through the seven vista'd theatre the throng | G |
| Where are ye mimes Come forth the steel prepare | H |
| For crowned Atrides or Orestes haunt | I |
| Ye choral Furies with your dismal chant | J |
| The arch of triumph whither leads it still | F |
| Behold the forum on the curule chair | H |
| Where the majestic image Lictors where | H |
| Your solemn fasces Place upon his throne | K |
| The Praetor here the witness lead and there | H |
| Bid the accuser stand | L |
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| O God how lone | K |
| The clear streets glitter in the quiet day | M |
| The footpath by the doors winding its lifeless way | M |
| The roofs arise in shelter and around | N |
| The desolate Atrium every gentle room | B |
| Wears still the dear familiar smile of home | O |
| Open the doors the shops on dreary night | P |
| Let lusty day laugh down in jocund light | P |
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| See the trim benches ranged in order See | Q |
| The marble tesselated floor and there | H |
| The very walls are glittering livingly | F |
| With their clear colors But the artist where | H |
| Sure but this instant he hath laid aside | R |
| Pencil and colors Glittering on the eye | S |
| Swell the rich fruits and bloom the flowers See all | F |
| Art's gentle wreaths still fresh upon the wall | F |
| Here the arch Cupid slyly seems to glide | R |
| By with bloom laden basket There the shapes | T |
| Of genii press with purpling feet the grapes | T |
| Here springs the wild Bacchante to the dance | U |
| And there she sleeps while that voluptuous trance | U |
| Eyes the sly faun with never sated glance | U |
| Now on one knee upon the centaur steeds | V |
| Hovering the Thyrsus plies Hurrah away she speeds | V |
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| Come come why loiter ye Here here how fair | H |
| The goodly vessels still Girls hither turn | W |
| Fill from the fountain the Etruscan urn | W |
| On the winged sphinxes see the tripod Ho | X |
| Quick quick ye slaves come fire the hearth prepare | H |
| Ha wilt thou sell this coin shall pay thee this | C |
| Fresh from the mint of mighty Titus Lo | X |
| Here lie the scales and not a weight we miss | C |
| So bring the light The delicate lamp what toil | F |
| Shaped thy minutest grace quick pour the oil | F |
| Yonder the fairy chest come maid behold | Y |
| The bridegroom's gifts the armlets they are gold | Y |
| And paste out feigning jewels lead the bride | R |
| Into the odorous bath lo unguents still | F |
| And still the crystal vase the arts for beauty fill | F |
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| But where the men of old perchance a prize | Z |
| More precious yet in yon papyrus lies | Z |
| And see ev'n still the tokens of their toil | F |
| The waxen tablets the recording style | F |
| The earth with faithful watch has hoarded all | F |
| Still stand the mute penates in the hall | F |
| Back to his haunts returns each ancient god | A2 |
| Why absent only from their ancient stand | L |
| The priests waves Hermes his Caducean rod | A2 |
| And the winged victory struggles from the hand | L |
| Kindle the flame behold the altar there | H |
| Long hath the god been worshipless to prayer | H |
Friedrich Schiller
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