Peruvian Tales: Alzira, Tale Ii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABC DDEEFFGGHHIIGGGGGGJJ GGKKLMNNGGIICCOOGGGG IICCIIGGPQGGGGRRGGII GGNNSSTUVVGGVVCCIIWW XXGGGGSSVVCCIIVVGGWW YYZA2GGCCA2A2GGGGGGG G

PIZARRO lands with the Forces His meeting with ATALIBA Its unA
happy consequences ZORAI dies ATALIBA imprisoned and strangledB
Despair of ALZIRAC
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Flush'd with impatient hope the martial bandD
By stern PIZARRO led approach the landD
No terrors arm his hostile brow for guileE
Seeks to betray with candour's open smileE
Too artless for distrust the Monarch springsF
To meet his latent foe on friendship's wingsF
On as he moves with dazzling splendour crown'dG
His feather'd chiefs the golden throne surroundG
The waving canopy its plume displaysH
Whose waving hues reflect the morning raysH
With native grace he hails the warrior trainI
Who stood majestic on PERUVIA'S plainI
In all the savage pomp of armour drestG
The frowning helmet and the nodding crestG
Yet themes of joy PIZARRO'S lips impartG
And charm with eloquence the simple heartG
Unfolding to the monarch's wond'ring thoughtG
All that inventive arts the rude have taughtG
And now he bids the musing spirit riseJ
Above the circle of surrounding skiesJ
Presents the page that sheds Religion's lightG
O'er the dark mist of intellectual nightG
While thrill'd with awe the monarch trembling standsK
He dropp'd the hallow'd volume from his handsK
Sudden while frantic zeal each breast inspiresL
And shudd'ring demons fan the rising firesM
The bloody signal waves the banners playN
The naked sabres flash their streaming rayN
The trumpet rolls its animating soundG
And the loud cannon rend the vault aroundG
While fierce in sanguine rage the sons of SpainI
Rush on Peru's unarm'd defenceless trainI
The fiends of slaughter urg'd their dire careerC
And virtue's guardian spirits dropped a tearC
Mild ZORAI fell deploring human strifeO
And clos'd with prayer his consecrated lifeO
In vain PERUVIA'S chiefs undaunted stoodG
Shield their lov'd Prince and bathe his robes in bloodG
Touch'd with heroic ardour cling aroundG
And high of soul receive each fatal woundG
Dragg'd from his throne and hurried o'er the plainI
The wretched Monarch swells the captive trainI
With iron grasp the frantic Prince they bearC
And feel their triumph in his wild despairC
Deep in the gloomy dungeon's lone domainI
Lost ATALIBA wore the galling chainI
The earth's cold bed refus'd oblivious restG
While throbb'd the woes of thousands at his breastG
ALZIRA'S desolating moan he hearsP
And with the monarch's blends the lover's tearsQ
Soon had ALZIRA felt affliction's dartG
Pierce her soft soul and rend her bleeding heartG
Its quick pulsations paus'd and chill'd with dreadG
A livid hue her fading cheek o'erspreadG
No tear the mourner shed she breath'd no sighR
Her lips were mute and clos'd her languid eyeR
Fainter and slower heav'd her shiv'ring breastG
And her calm'd passions seem'd in death to restG
At length reviv'd 'mid rising heaps of slainI
She prest with hurried step the crimson plainI
The dungeon's gloomy depth she fearless soughtG
For love with scorn of danger arm'd her thoughtG
She reach'd the cell where ATALIBA layN
Where human vultures haste to seize their preyN
In vain her treasur'd wealth PERUVIA gaveS
This dearer treasure from their grasp to saveS
ALZIRA lo the ruthless murd'rers comeT
This moment seals thy ATALIBA'S doomU
Ah what avails the shriek that anguish poursV
The look that mercy's lenient aid imploresV
Torn from thy clinging arms thy throbbing breastG
The fatal cord his agony supprestG
In vain the livid corpse she firmly claspsV
And pours her sorrows o'er the form she graspsV
The murd'rers soon their struggling victim tearC
From the lost object of her soul's despairC
The swelling pang unable to sustainI
Distraction throbb'd in every beating veinI
Its sudden tumults seize her yielding soulW
And in her eye distemper'd glances rollW
They come the mourner cried with panting breathX
To give the lost ALZIRA rest in deathX
One moment more ye bloody forms bestowG
One moment more for ever cares my woeG
Lo where the purple evening sheds her lightG
On blest remains O hide them pitying nightG
Slow in the breeze I see the verdure waveS
That shrouds with tufted grass my lover's graveS
Hark on its wand'ring wing in mildness blowsV
The murm'ring gale nor wakes his deep reposeV
And see yon hoary form still lingers thereC
Dishevell'd by rude winds his silver hairC
O'er his chill'd bosom falls the winter rainI
I feel the big drops on my wither'd brainI
Not for himself that tear his bosom steepsV
For his lost child it flows for me he weepsV
No more the dagger's point shall pierce thy breastG
For calm and lovely is thy silent restG
Yet still in dust these eyes shall see thee rollW
Still the sad thought shall waste ALZIRA'S soulW
What bleeding phantom moves along the stormY
It is my ATALIBA'S well known formY
Approach ALZIRA'S breast no terrors moveZ
Her fears are all for ever lost in loveA2
Safe on the hanging cliff I now can restG
And press its pointed pillow to my breastG
He weeps in heaven he weeps I feel his tearC
It chills my trembling heart yet still 'tis dearC
To him all joyless are the realms aboveA2
That pale look speaks of pity and of loveA2
Ah come descend in yonder bending cloudG
And wrap ALZIRA in thy misty shroudG
As roll'd her wand'ring glances wild aroundG
She snatch'd a reeking sabre from the groundG
Firmly her lifted hand the weapon prestG
And deep she plung'd it in her panting breastG
'Tis but a few short moments that divideG
She falt'ring said then sunk on earth and diedG

Helen Maria Williams



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