The Oxford Thrushes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDD EEFF GGHH IIJJ KKLL MMNN OOPQ DDRR| FEBRUARY | A |
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| I never thought again to hear | B |
| The Oxford thrushes singing clear | C |
| Amid the February rain | D |
| Their sweet indomitable strain | D |
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| A wintry vapor lightly spreads | E |
| Among the trees and round the beds | E |
| Where daffodil and jonquil sleep | F |
| Only the snowdrop wakes to weep | F |
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| It is not springtime yet Alas | G |
| What dark tempestuous days must pass | G |
| Till England's trial by battle cease | H |
| And summer comes again with peace | H |
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| The lofty halls the tranquil towers | I |
| Where Learning in untroubled hours | I |
| Held her high court serene in fame | J |
| Are lovely still yet not the same | J |
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| The novices in fluttering gown | K |
| No longer fill the ancient town | K |
| But fighting men in khaki drest | L |
| And in the Schools the wounded rest | L |
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| Ah far away 'neath stranger skies | M |
| Full many a son of Oxford lies | M |
| And whispers from his warrior grave | N |
| I died to keep the faith you gave | N |
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| The mother mourns but does not fail | O |
| Her courage and her love prevail | O |
| O'er sorrow and her spirit hears | P |
| The promise of triumphant years | Q |
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| Then sing ye thrushes in the rain | D |
| Your sweet indomitable strain | D |
| Ye bring a word from God on high | R |
| And voices in our hearts reply | R |
Henry Van Dyke
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