Lovers At The Lake Side Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BC A AD A EF F G HI G JCJC G KGKG G LMLM G NONO I PQPQ I RS I T I UIUI I IV| I | A |
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| 'And you brought him home ' 'I did ay Ronald it rested with me ' | - |
| 'Love ' 'Yes ' 'I would fain you were not so calm ' 'I cannot weep No ' | - |
| 'What is he like your poor father ' 'He is like this fallen tree | B |
| Prone at our feet by the still lake taking on rose from the glow | C |
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| II | A |
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| Now scarlet O look overcoming the blue both lake and sky | A |
| While the waterfalls waver like smoke then leap in and are not | D |
| And shining snow points of high sierras cast down there they lie ' | - |
| 'O Laura I cannot bear it Laura as if I forgot ' | - |
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| III | A |
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| 'No you remember and I remember that evening like this | E |
| When we come forth from the gloomy Canyon lo a sinking sun | F |
| And Ronald you gave to me your troth ring I gave my troth kiss ' | - |
| 'Give me another I say that this makes no difference none | F |
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| IV | G |
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| It hurts me keenly It hurts to the soul that you thought it could ' | - |
| 'I never thought so my Ronald my love never thought you base ' | - |
| No but I look for a nobler nobleness loss understood | H |
| Accepted and not that common truth which can hold through disgrace | I |
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| V | G |
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| O we remember and how ere that noon through deeps of the lake | J |
| We floating looked down and the boat's shadow followed on rocks below | C |
| So clear the water O all pathetic as if for love's sake | J |
| Our life that is but a fleeting shadow 't would under us show | C |
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| VI | G |
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| O we remember forget me not pale and white columbine | K |
| You wreathed for my hair because we remember this cannot be | G |
| Ah here is your ring see I draw it off it must not be mine | K |
| Put it on love if but for the moment and listen to me | G |
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| VII | G |
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| I look for the best I look for the most I look for the all | L |
| From you it consoles this misery of mine there is you to trust | M |
| O if you can weep let us weep together tears may well fall | L |
| For that lost sunsetting and what it promised they may they must | M |
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| VIII | G |
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| Do you say nothing mine own belov d you know what I mean | N |
| And whom To her pride and her love from YOU shall such blow be dealt | O |
| Silence uprisen is like a presence it comes us between | N |
| As once there was darkness now is there silence that may be felt | O |
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| IX | I |
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| Ronald your mother so gentle so pure and you are her best | P |
| 'T is she whom I think of her quiet sweetness her gracious way | Q |
| 'How could she bear it ' 'Laura ' 'Yes Ronald ' 'Let that matter rest | P |
| You might give your name to my father's child ' 'My father's name Ay | Q |
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| X | I |
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| Who died before it was soiled ' 'You mutter ' 'Why love are you here ' | - |
| 'Because my mother fled forth to the West her trouble to hide | R |
| And I was so small the lone pine forest and tier upon tier | S |
| Far off Mexican snowy sierras pushed England aside ' | - |
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| XI | I |
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| 'And why am I here ' 'But what did you mutter ' 'O pardon sweet | T |
| Why came I here and my mother ' In truth then I cannot tell ' | - |
| 'Yet you drew my ring from your finger see I kneel at your feet ' | - |
| 'Put it on 'T was for no fault of mine ' 'Love I knew that full well ' | - |
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| XII | I |
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| 'And yet there be faults that long repented are aye to deplore | U |
| Wear my ring Laura at least till I choose some words I can say | I |
| If indeed any word need be said ' 'No wait Ronald no more | U |
| What is there respite Give me a moment to think nay or ay | I |
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| XIII | I |
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| I know not but feel there is O pardon me pardon me peace | I |
| For nought is to say and the dawn of hope is a solemn thing | V |
| Let us have silence Take me back Ronald full sweet is release ' | - |
| 'Laura but give me my troth kiss again ' 'And give me my ring ' | - |
Jean Ingelow
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