Lake Leman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFEEGHGHIJ IJKKLLMNMONPQPQRSRRS TUTVW WHWHXYXY| It is the sacred hour above the far | A |
| Low emerald hills that northward fold | B |
| Calmly upon the blue the evening star | A |
| Floats wreathed in dusky gold | B |
| The winds have sung all day but now they lie | C |
| Faint sleeping and the evening sounds awake | D |
| The slow bell tolls across the water I | C |
| Am haunted by the spirit of the lake | D |
| It seems as though the sounding of the bell | E |
| Intoned the low song of the water soul | F |
| And at some moments I can hardly tell | E |
| The long resounding echo from the toll | F |
| O thou mysterious lake thy spell | E |
| Holds all who round thy fruitful margin dwell | E |
| Oft have I seen home going peasants' eyes | G |
| Lit with the peace that emanates from thee | H |
| Those who among thy waters plunge arise | G |
| Filled with new wisdom and serenity | H |
| Thy veins are in the mountains I have heard | I |
| Down stretched beside thee at the silent noon | J |
| With leaning head attentive to thy word | I |
| A secret and delicious mountain tune | J |
| Proceeding as from many shadowed hours | K |
| In ancient forests carpeted with flowers | K |
| Or far where hidden waters wandering | L |
| Through banks of snow trickle and meet and sing | L |
| Ah what repose at noon to go | M |
| Lean on thy bosom hold thee with wide hands | N |
| And listen for the music of the snow | M |
| But most as now | O |
| When harvest covers thy surrounding lands | N |
| I love thee with a coronal of sheaves | P |
| Crowned regent of the day | Q |
| And on the air thy placid breathing leaves | P |
| A scent of corn and hay | Q |
| For thou hast gathered as a mother will | R |
| The sayings of her children in her heart | S |
| The harvest thoughts of reapers on the hill | R |
| When the cool rose and honeysuckle fill | R |
| The air and fruit is laden on the cart | S |
| Thou breathest the delight | T |
| Of summer evening at the deep roofed farm | U |
| And meditation of the summer night | T |
| When the enravished earth is lying warm | V |
| From the recent kisses of the conquering sun | W |
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| Dwell as a spirit in me O thou one | W |
| Sweet natural presence In the years to be | H |
| When all the mortal loves perchance are done | W |
| Them I will bid farewell but oh not thee | H |
| I love thee When the youthful visions fade | X |
| Fade thou not also in the hopeless past | Y |
| Be constant and delightful as a maid | X |
| Sought over all the world and found at last | Y |
Harold Monro
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