The Harp Of The Minstrel Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBC CBCBDEDE FGFHABAB| The harp of the minstrel has never a tone | A |
| As sad as the song in his bosom to night | B |
| For the magical touch of his fingers alone | A |
| Can not waken the echoes that breathe it aright | B |
| But oh as the smile of the moon may impart | B |
| A sorrow to one in an alien clime | C |
| Let the light of the melody fall on the heart | B |
| And cadence his grief into musical rhyme | C |
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| The faces have faded the eyes have grown dim | C |
| That once were his passionate love and his pride | B |
| And alas all the smiles that once blossomed for him | C |
| Have fallen away as the flowers have died | B |
| The hands that entwined him the laureate's wreath | D |
| And crowned him with fame in the long long ago | E |
| Like the laurels are withered and folded beneath | D |
| The grass and the stubble the frost and the snow | E |
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| Then sigh if thou wilt as the whispering strings | F |
| Strive ever in vain for the utterance clear | G |
| And think of the sorrowful spirit that sings | F |
| And jewel the song with the gem of a tear | H |
| For the harp of the minstrel has never a tone | A |
| As sad as the song in his bosom tonight | B |
| And the magical touch of his fingers alone | A |
| Can not waken the echoes that breathe it aright | B |
James Whitcomb Riley
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