The Wishing Star Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIAJKLMNEOPQR STUVWXCQYZA2CDB2C2D2 E2C2F2FG2H2AI2J2K2EB C2L2M2ON2F2QO2P2Q2| Day floated down the sky a perfect day | A |
| Leaving a footprint of pale primrose gold | B |
| Along the west that when her lover Night | C |
| Fled with his starry lances in pursuit | D |
| Across the sky the way she went might shew | E |
| From the faint ting'd ridges of the sea the Moon | F |
| Sprang up like Aphrodite from the wave | G |
| Which as she climb'd the sky still held | H |
| Her golden tresses to its swelling breast | I |
| Where wide dispread their quiv'ring glories lay | A |
| Or as the shield of night full disk'd and red | J |
| As flowers that look forever towards the Sun | K |
| A terrace with a fountain and an oak | L |
| Look'd out upon the sea The fountain danced | M |
| Beside the huge old tree as some slim nymph | N |
| Rob'd in light silver might her frolics shew | E |
| Before some hoary king while high above | O |
| He shook his wild long locks upon the breeze | P |
| And sigh'd deep sighs of All is vanity | Q |
| Behind a wall of Norman William's time | R |
| Rose mellow hung with ivy here and there | S |
| Torn wide apart to let a casement peer | T |
| Upon the terrace On a carv'd sill I leant | U |
| A fleur de lis bound with an English rose | V |
| And look'd above me into two such eyes | W |
| As would have dazzl'd from that ancient page | X |
| That new old cry that hearts so often write | C |
| In their own ashes All is vanity | Q |
| Know'st thou she said with tender eyes far fix'd | Y |
| On the wide arch that domes our little earth | Z |
| That when a star hurls on with shining wings | A2 |
| On some swift message from his throne of light | C |
| The ready heart may wish and the ripe fruit | D |
| Fulfilment drop into the eager palm | B2 |
| Then let us watch for such a star quoth I | C2 |
| Nay love she said 'Tis but an idle tale | D2 |
| But some swift feeling smote upon her brow | E2 |
| A rosy shadow I turn'd and watch'd the sky | C2 |
| Calmly the cohorts of the night swept on | F2 |
| Led by the wide wing'd vesper and against the moon | F |
| Where low her globe trembl'd upon the edge | G2 |
| Of the wide amethyst that clearly paved | H2 |
| The dreamy sapphire of the night there lay | A |
| The jetty spars of some tall ship that look'd | I2 |
| The night's device upon his ripe red shield | J2 |
| And suddenly down towards the moon there ran | K2 |
| From some high space deep veil'd in solemn blue | E |
| A little star a point of trembling gold | B |
| Gone swift as seen My wishing star quoth I | C2 |
| Shall tell my wish Did'st note that little star | L2 |
| Its brightness died not it but disappeared | M2 |
| To whirl undim'd thro' space I wish'd our love | O |
| Might blot the 'All is vanity' from this brief life | N2 |
| Burning brightly as that star and winging on | F2 |
| Thro' unseen space of veil'd Eternity | Q |
| Brightened by Immortality not lost | O2 |
| Awful and sweet the wish she said and so | P2 |
| We rested in the silence of content | Q2 |
Isabella Valancy Crawford
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