Chorus From 'lincoln' Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDABCD EBEFEBEF AGABAGAB EBBEEBBE HEBBHEBB IJEKIJEKYou who have gone gathering | A |
Cornflowers and meadowsweet | B |
Heard the hazels glancing down | C |
On September eves | D |
Seen the homeward rooks on wing | A |
Over fields of golden wheat | B |
And the silver cups that crown | C |
Water lily leaves | D |
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You who know the tenderness | E |
Of old men at eve tide | B |
Coming from the hedgerows | E |
Coming from the plough | F |
And the wandering caress | E |
Of winds upon the woodside | B |
When the crying yaffle goes | E |
Underneath the bough | F |
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You who mark the flowing | A |
Of sap upon the May time | G |
And the waters welling | A |
From the watershed | B |
You who count the growing | A |
Of harvest and hay time | G |
Knowing these the telling | A |
Of your daily bread | B |
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You who cherish courtesy | E |
With your fellows at your gate | B |
And about your hearthstone sit | B |
Under love's decrees | E |
You who know that death will be | E |
Speaking with you soon or late | B |
Kinsmen what is mother wit | B |
But the light of these | E |
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Knowing these what is there more | H |
For learning in your little years | E |
Are not these all gospels bright | B |
Shining on your day | B |
How then shall your hearts be sore | H |
With envy and her brood of fears | E |
How forget the words of light | B |
From the mountain way | B |
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Blessed are the merciful | I |
Does not every threshold seek | J |
Meadows and the flight of birds | E |
For compassion still | K |
Blessed are the merciful | I |
Are we pilgrims yet to speak | J |
Out of Olivet the words | E |
Of knowledge and good will | K |
John Drinkwater
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