Henry Van Dyke

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A Noon Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCDC EFEFGCHC ICICJCCC CBCBBCDC

There are songs for the morning and songs for the nightA
For sunrise and sunset the stars and the moonB
But who will give praise to the fulness of lightA
And sing us a song of the glory of noonB
Oh the high noon the clear noonB
The noon with golden crestC
When the blue sky burns and the great sun turnsD
With his face to the way of the westC
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How swiftly he rose in the dawn of his strengthE
How slowly he crept as the morning wore byF
Ah steep was the climbing that led him at lengthE
To the height of his throne in the wide summer skyF
Oh the long toil the slow toilG
The toil that may not restC
Till the sun looks down from his journey's crownH
To the wonderful way of the westC
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Then a quietness falls over meadow and hillI
The wings of the wind in the forest are furledC
The river runs softly the birds are all stillI
The workers are resting all over the worldC
Oh the good hour the kind hourJ
The hour that calms the breastC
Little inn half way on the road of the dayC
Where it follows the turn to the westC
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There's a plentiful feast in the maple tree shadeC
The lilt of a song to an old fashioned tuneB
The talk of a friend or the kiss of a maidC
To sweeten the cup that we drink to the noonB
Oh the deep noon the full noonB
Of all the day the bestC
When the blue sky burns and the great sun turnsD
To his home by the way of the westC

Henry Van Dyke



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