On The Evening And Morning Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DDEE FFGG HHII JJKK LLMM NOPP QQQ| When Evening bids the Sun to rest retire | A |
| Unwearied Ether sets her lamps on fire | B |
| Lit by one torch each is supplied in turn | C |
| Till all the candles in the concave burn | C |
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| The night hawk now with his nocturnal tone | D |
| Wakes up and all the Owls begin to moan | D |
| Or heave from dreary vales their dismal song | E |
| Whilst in the air the meteors play along | E |
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| illegible ength the silver queen begins to rise | F |
| illegible spread her glowing mantle in the skies | F |
| illegible from the smiling chambers of the east | G |
| illegible the eye to her resplendent feast | G |
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| What joy is this unto the rustic swain | H |
| Who from the mount surveys the moon lit plain | H |
| Who with the spirit of a dauntles Pan | I |
| Controls his fleecy train and leads the van | I |
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| Or pensive muses on the water's side | J |
| Which purling doth thro' green meanders glide | J |
| With watchful care he broods his heart away | K |
| 'Till might is swallowed in the flood of day | K |
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| The meteors cease to play that mov'd so fleet | L |
| And spectres from the murky groves retreat | L |
| The prowling wolf withdraws which bowl'd so bold | M |
| And bleating flocks may venture from the fold | M |
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| The night hawk's din deserts the shepherd's ear | N |
| Succeeded by the huntsman's trumpet clear | O |
| O come Diana start the morning chase | P |
| Thou ancient goddess of the hunting race | P |
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| Aurora's smiles adorn the mountain's brow | Q |
| The peasant hums delighted at his plow | Q |
| And lo the dairy maid salutes her bounteous cow | Q |
George Moses Horton
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