The Burgomeister's Well Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDAEA FGHGFIJK LMNMOPQP RSTTUFFF TTITFVFVFMTMA peaceful spot a little street | A |
So still between the double roar | B |
Of sea and city that it seemed | C |
A rest in music set before | B |
Some clashing chords vibrating yet | D |
With hurried measures fast and sweet | A |
For so the harsh chords of the town | E |
And so the ocean's rythmic beat | A |
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A little street with linden trees | F |
So thickly set the belfry's face | G |
Was leaf veiled while above them pierced | H |
Four slender spires flamboyant grace | G |
Old porches carven when the trees | F |
Were seedlings yellow in the sun | I |
Five hundred years ago that bright | J |
Upon the quaint old city shone | K |
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A fountain prim and richly cut | L |
In ruddy granite carved to tell | M |
How a good burgomeister rear'd | N |
The stone above the people's well | M |
A sea horse from his nostrils blew | O |
Two silver threads a dragon's lip | P |
Dropp'd di'monds and a giant hand | Q |
Held high an urn on finger tip | P |
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'Twas there I met my little maid | R |
There saw her flaxen tresses first | S |
She filled the cup for one who lean'd | T |
A soldier crippl'd and athirst | T |
Against the basin's carven rim | U |
Her dear small hand's white loveliness | F |
Was pinkly flush'd the gay bright drops | F |
Plash'd on her brow and silken dress | F |
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I took the flagon from her hand | T |
Too small dear hand for such a weight | T |
From cobweb weft and woof is spun | I |
The tapestry of Life and Fate | T |
The linden trees had gilded buds | F |
The dove wheeled high on joyous wing | V |
When on that darling hand of hers | F |
I slipped the glimmer of a ring | V |
Ah golden heart and golden locks | F |
Ye wove so sweet so sure a spell | M |
That quiet day I saw her first | T |
Beside the Burgomeister's Well | M |
Isabella Valancy Crawford
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