Oscar Of Alva: A Tale Poem Rhyme Scheme

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Oscar Of Alva: A Tale Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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How sweetly shines through azure skies	A
The lamp of heaven on Lora's shore	B
Where Alva's hoary turrets rise	A
And hear the din of arms no more	B
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But often has yon rolling moon	C
On Alva's casques of silver play'd	D
And view'd at midnight's silent noon	C
Her chief's in gleaming mail array'd	D
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And on the crimson'd rocks beneath	E
Which scowl o'er ocean's sullen flow	F
Pale in the scatter'd runks of death	G
She saw the gasping warrior low	F
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While many an eye which ne'er again	H
Could mark the rising orb of day	I
T'urn'd feebly from the gory plain	J
Beheld in death her fading ray	I
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Once to those eyes the lamp of Love	K
They blest her dear propitious light	L
But now she glimmer'd from above	K
A sad funereal torch of night	L
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Faded is Alva's noble race	M
And gray her towers are seen afar	N
No more her heroes urge the chase	M
Or roll the crimson tide of war	B
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But who was last of Alva's clan	O
Why grows the moss on Alva's stone	P
Her towers resound no steps of man	O
They echo to the gale alone	P
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And when that gale is fierce and high	Q
A sound is heard in yonder hall	R
It rises hoarsely through the sky	Q
And vibrates o'er the mould'ring wall	R
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Yes when the eddying tempest sighs	A
It shakes the shield of Oscar brave	S
But there no more his banners rise	A
No more his plumes of sable wave	S
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Fair shone the sun on Oscar's birth	T
When Angus hail'd his eldest born	U
The vassals round their chieftain's hearth	V
Crowd to applaud the happy morn	U
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They feast upon the mountain deer	W
The pibroch raised its piercing note	X
To gladden more their highland cheer	W
The strains in martial numbers float	X
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And they who heard the war notes wild	Y
Hoped that one day the pibroch's strain	J
Should play belore the hero's child	Y
While he should lead the tartan train	J
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Another year is qulckly past	Z
And Angus hails another son	A2
His natal day is like the last	Z
Nor soon the jocund feast was done	A2
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Taught by their sire to bend the bow	B2
On Alva's dusky hills of wind	C2
The boys in childhood chased the roe	F
And left their hounds in speed behind	C2
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But ere their years of youth are o'er	D2
They mingle in the ranks of war	B
They lightly wheel the bright claymore	B
And send the whistling arrow far	N
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Dark was the flow of Oscar's hair	E2
Wildly it stream'd along the gale	F2
But Allan's locks were bright and fair	E2
And pensive seem'd his cheek and pale	F2
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But Oscar own'd a hero's soul	G2
His dark eye shone through beams of truth	H2
Allan had early learn'd control	G2
And smooth his words had been from youth	H2
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Both both were brave the Saxon spear	W
Was shiver'd oft beneath their steel	I2
And Oscar's bosom scorn'd to fear	W
But Oscar's bosom knew to feel	I2
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While Allan's soul belied his form	J2
Unworthy with such charms to dwell	K2
Keen as the lightning of the storm	J2
On foe his deadly vengeance fell	K2
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From high Southannon's distant tower	D2
Arrived a young and noble dame	L2
With Kenneth's lands to form her dower	M2
Glenalvon's blue eyed daughter came	L2
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And Oscar claim'd the beauteous bride	N2
And Angus on his Oscar srniled	N2
It soothed the father's feudal pride	N2
Thus to obtain Glenalvon's child	N2
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Hark to the pibroch's pleasing note	N2
Hark to the swelling nuptial song	O2
In joyous strains the voices float	N2
And still the choral peal prolong	O2
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See how the heroes' blood red plumes	P2
Assembled wave in Alva's hall	R
Each youth his varied plaid assumes	P2
Attending on thir chieftain's call	R
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It is not war their aid demands	Q2
The pibroch plays the song of peace	R2
To Oscar's nuptials throng the bands	Q2
Nor yet the sounds of pleasure cease	R2
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But where is Oscar sure 'tis late	N2
Is this a bridegroom's ardent flame	L2
While thronging guests and ladies wait	N2
Nor Oscar nor his brother came	L2
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At length young Allan join'd the bride	N2
'Why comes not Oscar ' Angus said	N2
Is he not here ' the youth replied	N2
'With me he roved not o'er the glade	N2
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'Perchance forgetful of the day	N2
'Tis his to chase the bounding roe	F
Or ocean's waves prolong his stay	N2
Yet Oscar's bark is seldom slow '	-
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'Oh no ' the anguish'd Sire rejoin'd	N2
'Nor chase nor wave my boy delay	N2
Would he to Mora seem unkind	N2
Would aught to her impede his way	N2
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'Oh search ye chiefs oh search around	N2
Allan with these through Alva fly	Q
Till Oscar till my son is found	N2
Haste haste nor dare attempt reply '	-
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All is confusion through the vale	F2
The name of Oscar hoarsely rings	S2
It rises on the murmuring gale	F2
Till night expands her dusky wings	S2
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It breaks the stillness of the night	N2
But echoes through her shades in vain	J
It sounds through morning's misty light	N2
But Oscar comes not o'er the plain	J
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Three days three sleepless nights the Chief	T2
For Oscar search'd each mountaln cave	S
Then hope is lost in boundless grief	T2
His locks in gray torn ringlets wave	S
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'Oscar my son thou God of heaven	A2
Restore the prop of sinking age	U2
Or if that hope no more is given	A2
Yield his assassin to my rage	U2
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'Yes on some desert rocky shore	B
My Oscar's whiten'd bones must lie	Q
Then grant thou God I ask no more	B
With him his frantic sire may die	Q
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'Yet he may live away despalr	B
Be calm my soul he yet may live	V2
T'arraign my fate my voice forbear	B
O God my impious prayer forgive	W2
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'What if he live for me no more	B
I sink forgotten in the dust	N2
The hope of Alva's age is o'er	B
Alas can pangs like these be just '	-
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Thus did the hapless parent mourn	U
Till Time which soothes severest woe	F
Had bade serenity return	X2
And made the tear drop cease to flow	F
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For still some latent hope survived	N2
That Oscar might once more appear	B
His hope now droop'd and now revived	N2
Till Time had told a tedious year	B
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Days roll'd along the orb of light	N2
Again had run his destined race	M
No Oscar bless'd his father's sight	N2
And sorrow left a fainter trace	M
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For youthful Allan still remain'd	N2
And now his father's only joy	Y2
And Mora's heart was quickly gain'd	N2
For beauty crown'd the fair hair'd boy	Y2
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She thought that Oscar low was laid	N2
And Allan's face was wondrous fair	B
If Oscar lived some other maid	N2
Had clairn'd his faithless bosom's care	B
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And Angus said if one year more	B
In fruitless hope was pass'd away	N2
His fondest scruples should be o'er	B
And he would name their nuptial day	N2
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Slow roll'd the moons but blest at last	N2
Arrived the dearly destined morn	U
The year of anxious trembling past	N2
What smiles the lovers' cheeks adorn	U
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Hark to the pibroch's pleasing note	N2
Hark to the swelling nuptial song	O2
In joyous strains the voices float	N2
And still the choral peal prolong	O2
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Again the clan in festive crowd	N2
Throng through the gate of Alva's hall	R
The sounds of mirth re echo loud	N2
And all their former joy recall	R
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But who is he whose darken'd brow	B
Glooms in the midst of general mirth	T
Before his eyes' far fiercer glow	F
The blue flames curdle o'er the hearth	V
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Dark is the robe which wraps his form	J2
And tall his plume of gory red	N2
His voice is like the rising storm	J2
But light and trackless is his tread	N2
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'Tis noon of night the pledge goes round	N2
The bridegroom's health is deeply quaff'd	N2
With shouts the vaulted roofs resound	N2
And all combine to hail the draught	N2
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Sudden the stranger chief arose	Z2
And all the clamorous crowd are hush'd	N2
And Angus' cheek with wonder glows	Z2
And Mora's tender bosom blush'd	N2
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'Old rnan 'he cried 'this pledge is done	A2
Thou saw'st 'twas duly drank by me	A3
It hail'd the nuptials of thy son	A2
Now will I claim a pledge from thee	A3
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'While all around is mirth and joy	Y2
To bless thy Allan's happy lot	N2
Say hadst thou ne'er another boy	Y2
Say why should Oscar be forgot '	-
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'Alas ' the hapless sire replied	N2
The big tear starting as he spoke	B3
'When Oscar left my hail or died	N2
This aged heart was almost broke	B3
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'Thrice has the earth revolved her course	C3
Since Oscar's form has bless'd my sight	N2
And Allan is my last resource	C3
Sinc	B3