Voices Of The Night : The Light Of Stars Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGFG HIHI JKJL MEME NONO PQPR SCTC| The night is come but not too soon | A |
| And sinking silently | B |
| All silently the little moon | A |
| Drops down behind the sky | C |
| - | |
| There is no light in earth or heaven | D |
| But the cold light of stars | E |
| And the first watch of night is given | D |
| To the red planet Mars | E |
| - | |
| Is it the tender star of love | F |
| The star of love and dreams | G |
| O no from that blue tent above | F |
| A hero's armor gleams | G |
| - | |
| And earnest thoughts within me rise | H |
| When I behold afar | I |
| Suspended in the evening skies | H |
| The shield of that red star | I |
| - | |
| O star of strength I see thee stand | J |
| And smile upon my pain | K |
| Thou beckonest with thy mailed hand | J |
| And I am strong again | L |
| - | |
| Within my breast there is no light | M |
| But the cold light of stars | E |
| I give the first watch of the night | M |
| To the red planet Mars | E |
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| The star of the unconquered will | N |
| He rises in my breast | O |
| Serene and resolute and still | N |
| And calm and self possessed | O |
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| And thou too whosoe'er thou art | P |
| That readest this brief psalm | Q |
| As one by one thy hopes depart | P |
| Be resolute and calm | R |
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| O fear not in a world like this | S |
| And thou shalt know erelong | C |
| Know how sublime a thing it is | T |
| To suffer and be strong | C |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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