Spring In Carmel Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACCCA DEEDFFFD GHHGIIIG JKKJLMMJ NOONHHHN PQQPHHHP| O'er Carmel fields in the springtime the sea gulls follow the plow | A |
| White white wings on the blue above | B |
| White were your brow and breast O Love | B |
| But I cannot see you now | A |
| Tireless ever the Mission swallow | C |
| Dips to meadow and poppied hollow | C |
| Well for her mate that he can follow | C |
| As the buds are on the bough | A |
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| By the woods and waters of Carmel the lark is glad in the sun | D |
| Harrow Harrow Music of God | E |
| Near to your nest her feet have trod | E |
| Whose journeyings are done | D |
| Sing O lover I cannot sing | F |
| Wild and sad are the thoughts you bring | F |
| Well for you are the skies of spring | F |
| And to me all skies are one | D |
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| In the beautiful woods of Carmel an iris bends to the wind | G |
| O thou far off and sorrowful flower | H |
| Rose that I found in a tragic hour | H |
| Rose that I shall not find | G |
| Petals that fell so soft and slowly | I |
| Fragrant snows on the grasses lowly | I |
| Gathered now would I call you holy | I |
| Ever to eyes once blind | G |
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| In the pine sweet valley of Carmel the cream cups scatter in foam | J |
| Azures of early lupin there | K |
| Now the wild lilac floods the air | K |
| Like a broken honey comb | J |
| So could the flowers of Paradise | L |
| Pour their souls to the morning skies | M |
| So like a ghost your fragrance lies | M |
| On the path that once led home | J |
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| On the emerald hills of Carmel the spring and winter have met | N |
| Here I find in a gentled spot | O |
| The frost of the wild forget me not | O |
| And I cannot forget | N |
| Heart once light as the floating feather | H |
| Borne aloft in the sunny weather | H |
| Spring and winter have come together | H |
| Shall you and she meet yet | N |
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| On the rocks and beaches of Carmel the surf is mighty to day | P |
| Breaker and lifting billow call | Q |
| To the high blue Silence over all | Q |
| With the word no heart can say | P |
| Time to be shall I hear it ever | H |
| Time that is with the hands that sever | H |
| Cry all words but the dreadful Never | H |
| And name of her far away | P |
George Sterling
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