Fire-fly City Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ACAC DEDE FGFG AHAH AIAI| Like a long arrow through the dark the train is darting | A |
| Bearing me far away after a perfect day of love's delight | B |
| Wakeful with all the sad sweet memories of parting | A |
| I lift the narrow window shade and look out on the night | B |
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| Lonely the land unknown and like a river flowing | A |
| Forest and field and hill are gliding backward still athwart my dream | C |
| Till in that country strange and ever stranger growing | A |
| A magic city full of lights begins to glow and gleam | C |
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| Wide through the landscape dim the lamps are lit in millions | D |
| Long avenues unfold clear shining lines of gold across the green | E |
| Clusters and rings of light and luminous pavilions | D |
| Oh who will tell the city's name and what these wonders mean | E |
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| Why do they beckon me and what have they to show me | F |
| Crowds in the blazing street mirth where the feasters meet kisses and wine | G |
| Many to laugh with me but never one to know me | F |
| A cityful of stranger hearts and none to beat with mine | G |
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| Look how the glittering lines are wavering and lifting | A |
| Softly the breeze of night scatters the vision bright and passing fair | H |
| Over the meadow grass and through the forest drifting | A |
| The Fire Fly City of the Dark is lost in empty air | H |
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| Girl of the golden eyes to you my heart is turning | A |
| Sleep in your quiet room while through the midnight gloom my train is whirled | I |
| Clear in your dreams of me the light of love is burning | A |
| The only never failing light in all the phantom world | I |
Henry Van Dyke
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