On The Silence Of A Young Lady Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDF GHIH JKJK LMLM NONO PQPQ RSRS MTMU TVTV| ON ACCOUNT OF THE IMAGINARY FLIGHT OF HER SUITOR | A |
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| Oh heartless dove mount in the skies | B |
| Spread thy soft wing upon the gale | C |
| Or on thy sacred pinions rise | B |
| Nor brood with silence in the vale | C |
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| Breathe on the air thy plaintive note | D |
| Which oft has filled the lonesome grove | E |
| And Iet thy melting ditty float | D |
| The dirge of long lamented love | F |
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| Coo softly to the silent ear | G |
| And make the floods of grief to roll | H |
| And cause by love the sleeping tear | I |
| To wake with sorrow from the soul | H |
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| Is it the loss of pleasures past | J |
| Which makes thee droop thy sounding wing | K |
| Does winter's rough inclement blast | J |
| Forbid thy tragic voice to sing | K |
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| Is it because the Fragrant breeze | L |
| Along the sky forbears to flow | M |
| Nor whispers low amidst the trees | L |
| Whilst all the vallies frown below | M |
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| Why should a frown thy soul alarm | N |
| And tear thy pleasures from thy breast | O |
| Or veil the smiles of every charm | N |
| And rob thee of thy peaceful rest | O |
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| Perhaps thy sleeping love may wake | P |
| And hear thy penitential tone | Q |
| And suffer not thy heart to break | P |
| Nor let a princess grieve alone | Q |
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| Perhaps his pity may return | R |
| With equal feeling from the heart | S |
| And breast with breast together burn | R |
| Never no never more to part | S |
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| Never till death's resistless blow | M |
| Whose call the dearest must obey | T |
| In twain together then may go | M |
| And thus together dwell for aye | U |
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| Say to the suitor Come away | T |
| Nor break the knot which love has tied | V |
| Nor to the world thy trust betray | T |
| And fly forever from thy bride | V |
George Moses Horton
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