Idyll Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB C D E F FGH B EEIJ D EEFF H KL B MN A O A A P P Q R R Q N N D L N N L E HE H B S AS A L T ET E LL U U LV L U UV L B U HU W L U HU W LF U HU W X YYNN EWW ELLA village Chorus is supposed to be assembled and about to | A |
commence its festive procession | B |
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Written for the birthday of the Duchess Louisa of Weimar | C |
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CHORUS | D |
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THE festal day hail ye | E |
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With garlands of pleasure | F |
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And dances' soft measure | F |
With rapture commingled | G |
And sweet choral song | H |
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DAMON | B |
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Oh how I yearn from out the crowd to flee | E |
What joy a secret glade would give to me | E |
Amid the throng the turmoil here | I |
Confined the plain the breezes e'en appear | J |
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CHORUS | D |
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Now order it truly | E |
That ev'ry one duly | E |
May roam and may wander | F |
Now here and now yonder | F |
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The meadows along | H |
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The Chorus retreats gradually and the song becomes fainter and | K |
fainter till it dies away in the distance | L |
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DAMON | B |
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In vain ye call in vain would lure me on | M |
True my heart speaks but with itself alone | N |
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And if I may view | A |
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A blessing fraught land | O |
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The heaven's clear blue | A |
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And the plain's verdant hue | A |
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Alone I'll rejoice | P |
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Undisturbed by man's voice | P |
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And there I'll pay homage | Q |
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To womanly merit | R |
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Observe it in spirit | R |
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In spirit pay homage | Q |
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To echo alone | N |
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Shall my secret be known | N |
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CHORUS | D |
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Faintly mingling with Damon's song in the distance | L |
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To echo alone | N |
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Shall my secret be known | N |
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MENALCAS | L |
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My friend why meet I here with thee | E |
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Thou hast'nest not to join the festal throng | H |
No longer stay but come with me | E |
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And mingle in the dance and song | H |
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DAMON | B |
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Thou'rt welcome friend but suffer me to roam | S |
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Where these old beeches hide me from man's view | A |
Love seeks in solitude a home | S |
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And homage may retreat there too | A |
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MENALCAS | L |
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Thou seekest here a spurious fame | T |
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And hast a mind to day to grieve me | E |
Love as thy portion thou mayst claim | T |
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But homage thou must share with all believe me | E |
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When their voices thousands raise | L |
And the dawn of morning praise | L |
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Rapture bringing | U |
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Blithely singing | U |
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On before us | L |
Heart and ear in pleasure vie | V |
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And when thousands join in chorus | L |
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With the feelings brightly glowing | U |
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And the wishes overflowing | U |
Forcibly they'll bear thee high | V |
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The Chorus gradually approaches from the distance | L |
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DAMON | B |
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Distant strains are hither wending | U |
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And I'm gladden'd by the throng | H |
Yes they're coming yes descending | U |
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To the valley from the height | W |
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MENALCAS | L |
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Let us haste our footsteps blending | U |
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With the rhythm of the song | H |
Yes they come their course they're bending | U |
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Tow'rd the wood's green sward so bright | W |
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CHORUS | L |
Gradually becoming louder | F |
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Yes we hither come attending | U |
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With the harmony of song | H |
As the hours their race are ending | U |
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On this day of blest delight | W |
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ALL | X |
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Let none reveal | Y |
The thoughts we feel | Y |
The aims we own | N |
Let joy alone | N |
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Disclose the story | E |
She'll prove it right | W |
And her delight | W |
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Includes the glory | E |
Includes the bliss | L |
Of days like this | L |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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