Thy Hill Leave Not Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCADEAE FGFGHH IIJJKK KLLMMGGNOAAIIPAPJQJQ JJRRQKKSBKK| Thy hill leave not O Spring | A |
| Nor longer leap down to the new green'd Plain | B |
| Thy western cliff caves keep | C |
| O Wind nor branch borne Echo after thee complain | B |
| With grumbling wild and deep | C |
| Let Blossom cling | A |
| Sudden and frozen round the eyes of trees | D |
| Nor fall nor fall | E |
| Be still each Wing | A |
| Hushed each call | E |
| - | |
| So was it ordered so | F |
| Hung all things silent still | G |
| Only Time earless moved on stepping slow | F |
| Up the scarped hill | G |
| And even Time in a long twilight stayed | H |
| And for a whim that whispered whim obeyed | H |
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| There was no breath no sigh | I |
| No wind lost in the sky | I |
| Roamed the horizon round | J |
| The harsh dead leaf slept noiseless on the ground | J |
| By unseen mouse nor insect stirred | K |
| Nor beak of hungry bird | K |
| - | |
| Then were voices heard | K |
| Mingling as though each | L |
| Earth and grass had individual speech | L |
| Has evening fallen so soon | M |
| And yet no Moon | M |
| No but hark so still | G |
| Was never the Spring's voice adown the hill | G |
| I do not feel her waters tapping upon | N |
| The culvert's under stone | O |
| And if 'tis not yet night a thrush should sing | A |
| Or if 'tis night the owl should his far echo bring | A |
| Near near And I | I |
| Should know the hour by his long shaking distant cry | I |
| But how should echo be The air is dead | P |
| No song no wing | A |
| No footfall overhead | P |
| Of beast Or labourer passing and no sound | J |
| Of labourer's Good night good night good night | Q |
| That we here underground | J |
| Take to ourselves and breathe unheard Good night | Q |
| O it is lonely now with not one sound | J |
| Neath that arched profound | J |
| No throttled note | R |
| Sweet over us to float | R |
| No shadow treading light | Q |
| Of man beast bird | K |
| If earth in dumb earth lie we here unstirred | K |
| Why brother it were death renewed again | S |
| If sun nor rain | B |
| O death undying if no dear human touch nor sound | K |
| Fall on us underground | K |
John Freeman
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