To Laura At The Harpsichord Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDEFGGHH IJKJLLMM NNGGLLEAOAPPQQ HHRR| When o'er the chords thy fingers stray | A |
| My spirit leaves its mortal clay | A |
| A statue there I stand | B |
| Thy spell controls e'en life and death | C |
| As when the nerves a living breath | C |
| Receive by Love's command | B |
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| More gently zephyr sighs along | D |
| To listen to thy magic song | D |
| The systems formed by heavenly love | E |
| To sing forever as they move | F |
| Pause in their endless whirling round | G |
| To catch the rapture teeming sound | G |
| 'Tis for thy strains they worship thee | H |
| Thy look enchantress fetters me | H |
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| From yonder chords fast thronging come | I |
| Soul breathing notes with rapturous speed | J |
| As when from out their heavenly home | K |
| The new born seraphim proceed | J |
| The strains pour forth their magic might | L |
| As glittering suns burst through the night | L |
| When by Creation's storm awoke | M |
| From chaos' giant arm they broke | M |
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| Now sweet as when the silv'ry wave | N |
| Delights the pebbly beach to lave | N |
| And now majestic as the sound | G |
| Of rolling thunder gathering round | G |
| Now pealing more loudly as when from yon height | L |
| Descends the mad mountain stream foaming and bright | L |
| Now in a song of love | E |
| Dying away | A |
| As through the aspen grove | O |
| Soft zephyrs play | A |
| Now heavier and more mournful seems the strain | P |
| As when across the desert death like plain | P |
| Whence whispers dread and yells despairing rise | Q |
| Cocytus' sluggish wailing current sighs | Q |
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| Maiden fair oh answer me | H |
| Are not spirits leagued with thee | H |
| Speak they in the realms of bliss | R |
| Other language e'er than this | R |
Friedrich Schiller
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