Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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The Youth And The Millstream Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BA BC DC D E DE DE DE D E FE GH EH E E EE EI EI E A EJ ED ED E E AE AD KD K L DL DM NM N O HO HC PQ P J RA SL EL E E DE DM LM L

WHENCE comes our friend so hastilyA
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When scarce the Eastern sky is greyB
Hath he just ceased though cold it beA
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In yonder holy spot to prayB
The brook appears to hem his pathC
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Would he barefooted o'er it goD
Why curse his orisons in wrathC
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Across those heights beclad with snowD
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Alas his warm bed he bath leftE
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Where he had look'd for bliss I weenD
And if his cloak too had been reftE
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How fearful his disgrace had beenD
By yonder villain sorely press'dE
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His wallet from him has been tornD
Our hapless friend has been undress'dE
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Left well nigh naked as when bornD
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The reason why he came this roadE
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Is that he sought a pair of eyesF
Which at the mill as brightly glow'dE
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As those that are in ParadiseG
He will not soon again be thereH
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From out the house he quickly hiedE
And when he gain'd the open airH
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Thus bitterly and loudly criedE
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Within her gaze so dazzling brightE
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No word of treachery I could readE
She seem'd to see me with delightE
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Yet plann'd e'en then this cruel deedE
Could I when basking in her smileI
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Dream of the treason in her breastE
She bade kind Cupid stay awhileI
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And he was there to make us blestE
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To taste of love's sweet ecstasyA
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Throughout the night that endless seem'dE
And for her mother's help to cryJ
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Only when morning sunlight beam'dE
A dozen of her kith and kinD
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A very human flood in press'dE
Her cousins came her aunts peer'd inD
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And uncles brothers and the restE
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Then what a tumult fierce and loudE
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Each seem'd a beast of prey to beA
The maiden's honour all the crowdE
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With fearful shout demand of meA
Why should they madmen like beginD
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To fall upon a guiltless youthK
For he who such a prize would winD
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Far nimbler needs must be in truthK
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The way to follow up with skillL
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His freaks by love betimes is knownD
He ne'er will leave within a millL
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Sweet flowers for sixteen years aloneD
They stole my clothes away yes allM
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And tried my cloak besides to stealN
How strange that any house so smallM
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So many rascals could concealN
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Then I sprang up and raved and sworeO
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To force a passage through them thereH
I saw the treacherous maid once moreO
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And she was still alas so fairH
They all gave way before my wrathC
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Wild outcries flew about pell mellP
At length I managed to rush forthQ
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With voice of thunder from that hellP
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As maidens of the town we flyJ
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We'll shun you maidens of the villageR
Leave it to those of qualityA
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Their humble worshippers to pillageS
Yet if ye are of practised skillL
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And of all tender ties afraidE
Exchange your lovers if ye willL
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But never let them be betray'dE
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Thus sings he in the winter nightE
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While not a blade of grass was greenD
I laugh'd to see his piteous plightE
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For it was well deserved I weenD
And may this be the fate of allM
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Who treat by day their true loves illL
And with foolhardy daring crawlM
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By night to Cupid's treacherous millL

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe



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