The Mogul's Dream Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBDEEFFGGHHIIJBBJKK LLM NOJNPPQQKKFRSSKKTTKK UUUSSVVWW| A | |
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| Long since a Mogul saw in dream | B |
| A vizier in Elysian bliss | C |
| No higher joy could be or seem | B |
| Or purer than was ever his | D |
| Elsewhere was dream'd of by the same | E |
| A wretched hermit wrapp'd in flame | E |
| Whose lot e'en touch'd so pain'd was he | F |
| The partners of his misery | F |
| Was Minos mock'd or had these ghosts | G |
| By some mistake exchanged their posts | G |
| Surprise at this the vision broke | H |
| The dreamer suddenly awoke | H |
| Some mystery suspecting in it | I |
| He got a wise one to explain it | I |
| Replied the sage interpreter | J |
| 'Let not the thing a marvel seem | B |
| There is a meaning in your dream | B |
| If I have aught of knowledge sir | J |
| It covers counsel from the gods | K |
| While tenanting these clay abodes | K |
| This vizier sometimes gladly sought | L |
| The solitude that favours thought | L |
| Whereas the hermit in his cot | M |
| Had longings for a vizier's lot ' | - |
| To this interpretation dared I add | N |
| The love of solitude I would inspire | O |
| It satisfies the heart's desire | J |
| With unencumber'd gifts and glad | N |
| Heaven planted joys of stingless sweet | P |
| Aye springing up beneath our feet | P |
| O Solitude whose secret charms I know | Q |
| Retreats that I have loved when shall I go | Q |
| To taste far from a world of din and noise | K |
| Your shades so fresh where silence has a voice | K |
| When shall their soothing gloom my refuge be | F |
| When shall the sacred Nine from courts afar | R |
| And cities with all solitude at war | S |
| Engross entire and teach their votary | S |
| The stealthy movements of the spangled nights | K |
| The names and virtues of those errant lights | K |
| Which rule o'er human character and fate | T |
| Or if not born to purposes so great | T |
| The streams at least shall win my heartfelt thanks | K |
| While in my verse I paint their flowery banks | K |
| Fate shall not weave my life with golden thread | U |
| Nor 'neath rich fret work on a purple bed | U |
| Shall I repose full late my care worn head | U |
| But will my sleep be less a treasure | S |
| Less deep thereby and full of pleasure | S |
| I vow it sweet and gentle as the dew | V |
| Within those deserts sacrifices new | V |
| And when the time shall come to yield my breath | W |
| Without remorse I'll join the ranks of Death | W |
Jean De La Fontaine
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