On Receiving An Eagle's Quill From Lake Superior Poem Rhyme Scheme

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All day the darkness and the cold	A
Upon my heart have lain	B
Like shadows on the winter sky	C
Like frost upon the pane	B
	-
But now my torpid fancy wakes	D
And on thy Eagle's plume	E
Rides forth like Sindbad on his bird	F
Or witch upon her broom	E
	-
Below me roar the rocking pines	G
Before me spreads the lake	H
Whose long and solemn sounding waves	I
Against the sunset break	H
	-
I hear the wild Rice Eater thresh	J
The grain he has not sown	K
I see with flashing scythe of fire	L
The prairie harvest mown	K
	-
I hear the far off voyager's horn	K
I see the Yankee's trail	M
His foot on every mountain pass	N
On every stream his sail	M
	-
By forest lake and waterfall	O
I see his pedler show	P
The mighty mingling with the mean	K
The lofty with the low	P
	-
He's whittling by St Mary's Falls	Q
Upon his loaded wain	K
He's measuring o'er the Pictured Rocks	R
With eager eyes of gain	K
	-
I hear the mattock in the mine	K
The axe stroke in the dell	S
The clamor from the Indian lodge	T
The Jesuit chapel bell	S
	-
I see the swarthy trappers come	U
From Mississippi's springs	V
And war chiefs with their painted brows	W
And crests of eagle wings	V
	-
Behind the scared squaw's birch canoe	K
The steamer smokes and raves	I
And city lots are staked for sale	M
Above old Indian graves	I
	-
I hear the tread of pioneers	X
Of nations yet to be	Y
The first low wash of waves where soon	K
Shall roll a human sea	Y
	-
The rudiments of empire here	Z
Are plastic yet and warm	A2
The chaos of a mighty world	B2
Is rounding into form	A2
	-
Each rude and jostling fragment soon	K
Its fitting place shall find	C2
The raw material of a State	D2
Its muscle and its mind	C2
	-
And westering still the star which leads	E2
The New World in its train	K
Has tipped with fire the icy spears	X
Of many a mountain chain	K
	-
The snowy cones of Oregon	K
Are kindling on its way	F2
And California's golden sands	G2
Gleam brighter in its ray	F2
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Then blessings on thy eagle quill	H2
As wandering far and wide	I2
I thank thee for this twilight dream	J2
And Fancy's airy ride	I2
	-
Yet welcomer than regal plumes	K2
Which Western trappers find	C2
Thy free and pleasant thoughts chance sown	K
Like feathers on the wind	C2
	-
Thy symbol be the mountain bird	F
Whose glistening quill I hold	A
Thy home the ample air of hope	L2
And memory's sunset gold	A
	-
In thee let joy with duty join	K
And strength unite with love	M2
The eagle's pinions folding round	N2
The warm heart of the dove	M2
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So when in darkness sleeps the vale	M
Where still the blind bird clings	V
The sunshine of the upper sky	C
Shall glitter on thy wings	V

John Greenleaf Whittier

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