The Walk Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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Hail to thee mountain beloved with thy glittering purple dyed summitA
Hail to thee also fair sun looking so lovingly onB
Thee too I hail thou smiling plain and ye murmuring lindensC
Ay and the chorus so glad cradled on yonder high boughsC
Thee too peaceably azure in infinite measure extendingD
Round the dusky hued mount over the forest so greenE
Round about me who now from my chamber's confinement escapingD
And from vain frivolous talk gladly seek refuge with theeF
Through me to quicken me runs the balsamic stream of thy breezesC
While the energetical light freshens the gaze as it thirstsC
Bright o'er the blooming meadow the changeable colors are gleamingD
But the strife full of charms in its own grace melts awayG
Freely the plain receives me with carpet far away reachingD
Over its friendly green wanders the pathway alongH
Round me is humming the busy bee and with pinion uncertainI
Hovers the butterfly gay over the trefoil's red flowerJ
Fiercely the darts of the sun fall on me the zephyr is silentK
Only the song of the lark echoes athwart the clear airL
Now from the neighboring copse comes a roar and the tops of the aldersC
Bend low down in the wind dances the silvery grassC
Night ambrosial circles me round in the coolness so fragrantK
Greets me a beauteous roof formed by the beeches' sweet shadeM
In the depths of the wood the landscape suddenly leaves meF
And a serpentine path guides up my footsteps on highN
Only by stealth can the light through the leafy trellis of branchesC
Sparingly pierce and the blue smilingly peeps through the boughsC
But in a moment the veil is rent and the opening forestO
Suddenly gives back the day's glittering brightness to meF
Boundlessly seems the distance before my gaze to be stretchingD
And in a purple tinged hill terminates sweetly the worldP
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Deep at the foot of the mountain that under me falls away steeplyF
Wanders the greenish hued stream looking like glass as it flowsC
Endlessly under me see I the ether and endlessly o'erJ
Giddily look I above shudderingly look I belowQ
But between the infinite height and the infinite hollowQ
Safely the wanderer moves over a well guarded pathR
Smilingly past me are flying the banks all teeming with richesC
And the valley so bright boasts of its industry gladS
See how yonder hedgerows that sever the farmer's possessionsC
Have by Demeter been worked into the tapestried plainT
Kindly decree of the law of the Deity mortal sustainingD
Since from the brazen world love vanished forever awayG
But in freer windings the measured pastures are traversedU
Now swallowed up in the wood now climbing up to the hillsC
By a glimmering streak the highway that knits lands togetherJ
Over the smooth flowing stream quietly glide on the raftsC
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Ofttimes resound the bells of the flocks in the fields that seem livingD
And the shepherd's lone song wakens the echo againV
Joyous villages crown the stream in the copse others vanishW
While from the back of the mount others plunge wildly belowQ
Man still lives with the land in neighborly friendship unitedX
And round his sheltering roof calmly repose still his fieldsC
Trustingly climbs the vine high over the low reaching windowQ
While round the cottage the tree circles its far stretching boughsC
Happy race of the plain Not yet awakened to freedomY
Thou and thy pastures with joy share in the limited lawZ
Bounded thy wishes all are by the harvest's peaceable circuitA
And thy lifetime is spent e'en as the task of the dayG
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But what suddenly hides the beauteous view A strange spiritA
Over the still stranger plain spreads itself quickly afarA2
Coyly separates now what scarce had lovingly mingledB2
And 'tis the like that alone joins itself on to the likeC2
Orders I see depicted the haughty tribes of the poplarsC
Marshalled in regular pomp stately and beauteous appearD2
All gives token of rule and choice and all has its meaningD
'Tis this uniform plan points out the Ruler to meF
Brightly the glittering domes in far away distance proclaim himE2
Out of the kernel of rocks rises the city's high wallF2
Into the desert without the fauns of the forest are drivenI
But by devotion is lent life more sublime to the stoneG2
Man is brought into nearer union with man and around himE2
Closer more actively wakes swifter moves in him the worldP
See the emulous forces in fiery conflict are kindledB2
Much they effect when they strive more they effect when they joinH2
Thousands of hands by one spirit are moved yet in thousands of bosomsC
Beats one heart all alone by but one feeling inspiredI2
Beats for their native land and glows for their ancestors' preceptsC
Here on the well beloved spot rest now time honored bonesC
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Down from the heavens descends the blessed troop of immortalsC
In the bright circle divine making their festal abodeJ2
Granting glorious gifts they appear and first of all CeresC
Offers the gift of the plough Hermes the anchor brings nextK2
Bacchus the grape and Minerva the verdant olive tree's branchesC
Even his charger of war brings there Poseidon as wellL2
Mother Cybele yokes to the pole of her chariot the lionsC
And through the wide open door comes as a citizen inM2
Sacred stones 'Tis from ye that proceed humanity's foundersC
Morals and arts ye sent forth e'en to the ocean's far islesC
'Twas at these friendly gates that the law was spoken by sagesC
In their Penates' defence heroes rushed out to the frayG
On the high walls appeared the mothers embracing their infantsC
Looking after the march till the distance 'twas lostN2
Then in prayer they threw themselves down at the deities' altarsC
Praying for triumph and fame praying for your safe returnO2
Honor and triumph were yours but naught returned save your gloryF
And by a heart touching stone told are your valorous deedsC
Traveller when thou com'st to Sparta proclaim to the peopleP2
That thou hast seen us lie here as by the law we were bidQ2
Slumber calmly ye loved ones for sprinkled o'er by your life bloodX
Flourish the olive trees there joyously sprouts the good seedR2
In its possessions exulting industry gladly is kindledB2
And from the sedge of the stream smilingly signs the blue godS2
Crushingly falls the axe on the tree the Dryad sighs sadlyF
Down from the crest of the mount plunges the thundering loadJ2
Winged by the lever the stone from the rocky crevice is loosenedT2
Into the mountain's abyss boldly the miner descendsC
Mulciber's anvil resounds with the measured stroke of the hammerJ
Under the fist's nervous blow spurt out the sparks of the steelU2
Brilliantly twines the golden flax round the swift whirling spindlesC
Through the strings of the yarn whizzes the shuttle awayG
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Far in the roads the pilot calls and the vessels are waitingD
That to the foreigner's land carry the produce of homeV2
Others gladly approach with the treasures of far distant regionsC
High on the mast's lofty head flutters the garland of mirthW2
See how yon markets those centres of life and of gladness are swarmingD
Strange confusion of tongues sounds in the wondering earX2
On to the pile the wealth of the earth is heaped by the merchantK
All that the sun's scorching rays bring forth on Africa's soilY2
All that Arabia prepares that the uttermost Thule producesC
High with heart gladdening stores fills Amalthea her hornZ2
Fortune wedded to talent gives birth there to children immortalP2
Suckled in liberty's arms flourish the arts there of joyA3
With the image of life the eyes by the sculptor are ravishedK
And by the chisel inspired speaks e'en the sensitive stoneG2
Skies artificial repose on slender Ionian columnsC
And a Pantheon includes all that Olympus containsC
Light as the rainbow's spring through the air as the dart from the bowstringD
Leaps thB3

Friedrich Schiller



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