The Maid Of Jerusalem Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH AAII| Maid of Jerusalem by the Dead Sea | A |
| I wandered all sorrowing thinking of thee | A |
| Thy city in ruins thy kindred deplored | B |
| All fallen and lost by the Ottoman's sword | B |
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| I saw thee sit there in disconsolate sighs | C |
| Where the hall of thy fathers a ruined heap lies | C |
| Thy fair finger showed me the place where they trod | D |
| In thy childhood where flourished the city of God | D |
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| The place where they fell and the scenes where they lie | E |
| In the tomb of Siloa the tear in her eye | E |
| She stifled transfixed there it grew like a pearl | F |
| Beneath the dark lash of the sweet Jewish Girl | F |
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| Jerusalem is fallen still thou art in bloom | G |
| As fresh as the ivy around the lone tomb | G |
| And fair as the lily of morning that waves | H |
| Its sweet scented bells over desolate graves | H |
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| When I think of Jerusalem in kingdoms yet free | A |
| I shall think of its ruins and think upon thee | A |
| Thou beautiful Jewess content thou mayest roam | I |
| A bright spot in Eden still blooms as thy home | I |
John Clare
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