Wattle And Myrtle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEBE BFGF HIJI AFKF| Gold of the tangled wilderness of wattle | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Break in the lone green hollows of the hills | B |
| Flame on the iron headlands of the ocean | C |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Gleam on the margin of the hurrying rills | B |
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| Come with thy saffron diadem and scatter | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Odours of Araby that haunt the air | E |
| Queen of our woodland rival of the roses | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Spring in the yellow tresses of thy hair | E |
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| Surely the old gods dwellers on Olympus | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Under thy shining loveliness have strayed | F |
| Crowned with thy clusters magical Apollo | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Pan with his reedy music may have played | F |
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| Surely within thy fastness Aphrodite | H |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp She of the sea ways fallen from above | I |
| Wandered beneath thy canopy of blossom | J |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Nothing disdainful of a mortal's love | I |
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| Aye and Her sweet breath lingers on the wattle | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Aye and Her myrtle dominates the glade | F |
| And with a deep and perilous enchantment | K |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Melts in the heart of lover and of maid | F |
James Lister Cuthbertson
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