To The River Charles Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GAGA EHEH BIBI BJBJ BABA KAKA EBEB| River that in silence windest | A |
| Through the meadows bright and free | B |
| Till at length thy rest thou findest | A |
| In the bosom of the sea | B |
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| Four long years of mingled feeling | C |
| Half in rest and half in strife | D |
| I have seen thy waters stealing | C |
| Onward like the stream of life | D |
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| Thou hast taught me Silent River | E |
| Many a lesson deep and long | F |
| Thou hast been a generous giver | E |
| I can give thee but a song | F |
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| Oft in sadness and in illness | G |
| I have watched thy current glide | A |
| Till the beauty of its stillness | G |
| Overflowed me like a tide | A |
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| And in better hours and brighter | E |
| When I saw thy waters gleam | H |
| I have felt my heart beat lighter | E |
| And leap onward with thy stream | H |
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| Not for this alone I love thee | B |
| Nor because thy waves of blue | I |
| From celestial seas above thee | B |
| Take their own celestial hue | I |
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| Where yon shadowy woodlands hide thee | B |
| And thy waters disappear | J |
| Friends I love have dwelt beside thee | B |
| And have made thy margin dear | J |
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| More than this thy name reminds me | B |
| Of three friends all true and tried | A |
| And that name like magic binds me | B |
| Closer closer to thy side | A |
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| Friends my soul with joy remembers | K |
| How like quivering flames they start | A |
| When I fan the living embers | K |
| On the hearth stone of my heart | A |
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| 'T is for this thou Silent River | E |
| That my spirit leans to thee | B |
| Thou hast been a generous giver | E |
| Take this idle song from me | B |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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