The Three Singers To Young Blood Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEE FFGGHHIIJJKKLLMM NNOOBBPMQQLLRRSS LLLLTTLLUULLLLFFCarols nature counsel men | A |
Different notes as rook from wren | A |
Hear we when our steps begin | B |
And the choice is cast within | B |
Where a robber raven's tale | C |
Urges passion's nightingale | C |
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Hark to the three Chimed they in one | D |
Life were music of the sun | D |
Liquid first and then the caw | E |
Then the cry that knows not law | E |
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I | - |
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As the birds do so do we | F |
Bill our mate and choose our tree | F |
Swift to building work addressed | G |
Any straw will help a nest | G |
Mates are warm and this is truth | H |
Glad the young that come of youth | H |
They have bloom i' the blood and sap | I |
Chilling at no thunder clap | I |
Man and woman on the thorn | J |
Trust not Earth and have her scorn | J |
They who in her lead confide | K |
Wither me if they spread not wide | K |
Look for aid to little things | L |
You will get them quick as wings | L |
Thick as feathers would you feed | M |
Take the leap that springs the need | M |
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II | - |
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Contemplate the rutted road | N |
Life is both a lure and goad | N |
Each to hold in measure just | O |
Trample appetite to dust | O |
Mark the fool and wanton spin | B |
Keep to harness as a skin | B |
Ere you follow nature's lead | P |
Of her powers in you have heed | M |
Else a shiverer you will find | Q |
You have challenged humankind | Q |
Mates are chosen marketwise | L |
Coolest bargainer best buys | L |
Leap not nor let leap the heart | R |
Trot your track and drag your cart | R |
So your end may be in wool | S |
Honoured and with manger full | S |
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III | - |
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O the rosy light it fleets | L |
Dearer dying than all sweets | L |
That is life it waves and goes | L |
Solely in that cherished Rose | L |
Palpitates or else 'tis death | T |
Call it love with all thy breath | T |
Love it lingers Love it nears | L |
Love O Love the Rose appears | L |
Blushful magic reddening air | U |
Now the choice is on thee dare | U |
Mortal seems the touch but makes | L |
Immortal the hand that takes | L |
Feel what sea within thee shames | L |
Of its force all other claims | L |
Drowns them Clasp the world will be | F |
Heavenly Rose to swelling sea | F |
George Meredith
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