An Ancient Chess King Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACAACAA| Haply some Rajah first in the ages gone | A |
| Amid his languid ladies fingered thee | B |
| While a black nightingale sun swart as he | B |
| Sang his one wife love's passionate oraison | A |
| Haply thou may'st have pleased Old Prester John | A |
| Among his pastures when full royally | B |
| He sat in tent grave shepherds at his knee | B |
| While lamps of balsam winked and glimmered on | A |
| What doest thou here Thy masters are all dead | C |
| My heart is full of ruth and yearning pain | A |
| At sight of thee O king that hast a crown | A |
| Outlasting theirs and tell'st of greatness fled | C |
| Through cloud hung nights of unabated rain | A |
| And murmurs of the dark majestic town | A |
Jean Ingelow
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