The Earth Laments For Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDB EBEBFB GHIJKL MNONPN QRQRSB TOGOEO| THERE S music wafting on the air | A |
| The evening winds are sighing | B |
| Among the trees and yonder stream | C |
| Is mournfully replying | B |
| Lamenting loud the sunny light | D |
| That in the west is dying | B |
| - | |
| The moon is rising o er the hill | E |
| Her slanting rays are creeping | B |
| Where Nature lies profoundly still | E |
| In happy quiet sleeping | B |
| And resting on her face they ll find | F |
| The earth is wet with weeping | B |
| - | |
| She mourneth for the lovely day | G |
| Now deep in darkness shaded | H |
| She sheds the dewy tear because | I |
| Of morning s mantle faded | J |
| She misses from her breast the garb | K |
| In which the moon array d it | L |
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| The evening queen will strive in vain | M |
| To break the spell which bound her | N |
| A million stars can never throw | O |
| Departed warmth around her | N |
| They all must pass away and leave | P |
| The earth as they had found her | N |
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| But why should gentle Nature weep | Q |
| That night has overtaken | R |
| The wearied world that needed sleep | Q |
| Refreshed to re awaken | R |
| So richer light might burst around | S |
| The gloomy shadows breaking | B |
| - | |
| Oh can she not from yonder sky | T |
| That gleams above her borrow | O |
| A single ray or find a way | G |
| To check the tear of sorrow | O |
| A beam of hope would last her till | E |
| The dawning of to morrow | O |
Henry Kendall
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