The Mothers Of The Sirens Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCCDC CEFEGHIH JKFKCLFM HNONGPQP| The d butantes are in force to night | A |
| Sweet as their roses pure as truth | B |
| Dreams of beauty in clouds of tulle | C |
| Blushing fair in their guileless youth | B |
| Flashing bright glances carelessly | C |
| Carelessly think you Wait and see | C |
| How their sweetest smile is kept for him | D |
| Whom mother considers a good parti | C |
| - | |
| For the matrons watch and guard them well | C |
| Little for youth or love care they | E |
| The man they seek is the man with gold | F |
| Though his heart be black and his hair be gray | E |
| Nellie how could you treat him so | G |
| You know very well he is Goldmore's heir | H |
| Jennie look modest Glance down and blush | I |
| Here comes papa with young Millionaire | H |
| - | |
| On a cold gray rock in Grecian seas | J |
| The sirens sit and their glamour try | K |
| Warm white bosoms press harps of gold | F |
| The while Ulysses' ship sails by | K |
| Fair are the forms the sailors see | C |
| Sweet are the songs the sailors hear | L |
| And cool and wary shrewd and old | F |
| The sirens' mothers are watching near | M |
| - | |
| Whispering counsel Fling back your hair | H |
| It hides your shoulder Don't sing so fast | N |
| Darling don't look at that fair young man | O |
| Try that old fellow there by the mast | N |
| His arms are jewelled let it go | G |
| Too bitter all this for an idle rhyme | P |
| But sirens are kin of the gods be sure | Q |
| And change but little with lapse of time | P |
George Augustus Baker, Jr.
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About The Mothers Of The Sirens
The Mothers Of The Sirens is a poem by George Augustus Baker, Jr.. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about The Mothers Of The Sirens poem by George Augustus Baker, Jr.
Best Poems of George Augustus Baker, Jr.