Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Ultima Thule: The Poet And His Songs Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL MNM

As the birds come in the SpringA
We know not from whereB
As the stars come at eveningA
From depths of the airB
-
As the rain comes from the cloudC
And the brook from the groundD
As suddenly low or loudC
Out of silence a soundD
-
As the grape comes to the vineE
The fruit to the treeF
As the wind comes to the pineE
And the tide to the seaF
-
As come the white sails of shipsG
O'er the ocean's vergeH
As comes the smile to the lipsG
The foam to the surgeH
-
So come to the Poet his songsI
All hitherward blownJ
From the misty realm that belongsI
To the vast UnknownJ
-
His and not his are the laysK
He sings and their fameL
Is his and not his and the praiseK
And the pride of a nameL
-
For voices pursue him by dayM
And haunt him by nightN
And he listens and needs must obeyM
When the Angel says 'Write '-

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow



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