Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Maidenhood Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE BBB FFF GGG HHH BBB CCC III CCC JJJ KKK CCC

Maiden with the meek brown eyesA
In whose orbs a shadow liesA
Like the dusk in evening skiesA
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Thou whose locks outshine the sunB
Golden tresses wreathed in oneB
As the braided streamlets runB
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Standing with reluctant feetC
Where the brook and river meetC
Womanhood and childhood fleetC
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Gazing with a timid glanceD
On the brooklet's swift advanceD
On the river's broad expanseD
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Deep and still that gliding streamE
Beautiful to thee must seemE
As the river of a dreamE
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Then why pause with indecisionB
When bright angels in thy visionB
Beckon thee to fields ElysianB
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Seest thou shadows sailing byF
As the dove with startled eyeF
Sees the falcon's shadow flyF
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Hearest thou voices on the shoreG
That our ears perceive no moreG
Deafened by the cataract's roarG
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O thou child of many prayersH
Life hath quickeands Life hath snaresH
Care and age come unawaresH
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Like the swell of some sweet tuneB
Morning rises into noonB
May glides onward into JuneB
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Childhood is the bough where slumberedC
Birds and blossoms many numberedC
Age that bough with snows encumberedC
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Gather then each flower that growsI
When the young heart overflowsI
To embalm that tent of snowsI
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Bear a lily in thy handC
Gates of brass cannot withstandC
One touch of that magic wandC
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Bear through sorrow wrong and ruthJ
In thy heart the dew of youthJ
On thy lips the smile of truthJ
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O that dew like balm shall stealK
Into wounds that cannot healK
Even as sleep our eyes doth sealK
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And that smile like sunshine dartC
Into many a sunless heartC
For a smile of God thou artC

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow



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