The Stream Is Flowing From The West Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII JKJKLL| The stream is flowing from the west | A |
| As if it poured from yonder skies | B |
| It wears upon its rippling breast | A |
| The sunset's golden dyes | B |
| And bearing onward to the sea | C |
| 'T will clasp the isle that holdeth thee | C |
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| I dip my hand within the wave | D |
| Ah how impressionless and cold | E |
| I touch it with my lip and lave | D |
| My forehead in the gold | E |
| It is a trivial thought but sweet | F |
| Perhaps the wave will kiss thy feet | F |
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| Alas I leave no trace behind | G |
| As little on the senseless stream | H |
| As on thy heart or on thy mind | G |
| Which was the simpler dream | H |
| To win that warm wild love of thine | I |
| Or make the water whisper mine | I |
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| Dear stream some moons must wax and wane | J |
| Ere I again shall cross thy tide | K |
| And then perhaps a viewless chain | J |
| Will drag me to her side | K |
| To love with all my spirit's scope | L |
| To wish do everything but hope | L |
Henry Timrod
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