The Ranger Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AAB AAACCAC DECAAACCAC FFCAAAC A GGCFFFCCF FFCHHHCCHC AACIIICCIC JJCAAJCCA AACIIICCI KKCAAACCAC FFCAAL CL LACAAA A L CAAACCAC FFCAAACCAC AACAAAC A KKCGGGCCGC FFC GGGCCG

ROBERT RAWLIN Frosts were fallingA
When the ranger's horn was callingA
Through the woods to CanadaB
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Gone the winter's sleet and snowingA
Gone the spring time's bud and blowingA
Gone the summer's harvest mowingA
And again the fields are grayC
Yet away he's awayC
Faint and fainter hope is growingA
In the hearts that mourn his stayC
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Where the lion crouching high onD
Abraham's rock with teeth of ironE
Glares o'er wood and wave awayC
Faintly thence as pines far sighingA
Or as thunder spent and dyingA
Come the challenge and replyingA
Come the sounds of flight and frayC
Well a day Hope and prayC
Some are living some are lyingA
In their red graves far awayC
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Straggling rangers worn with dangersF
Homeward faring weary strangersF
Pass the farm gate on their wayC
Tidings of the dead and livingA
Forest march and ambush givingA
Till the maidens leave their weavingA
And the lads forget their playC
'Still away still away '-
Sighs a sad one sick with grievingA
'Why does Robert still delay '-
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Nowhere fairer sweeter rarerG
Does the golden locked fruit bearerG
Through his painted woodlands strayC
Than where hillside oaks and beechesF
Overlook the long blue reachesF
Silver coves and pebbled beachesF
And green isles of Casco BayC
Nowhere day for delayC
With a tenderer look beseechesF
'Let me with my charmed earth stay '-
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On the grain lands of the mainlandsF
Stands the serried corn like train bandsF
Plume and pennon rustling gayC
Out at sea the islands woodedH
Silver birches golden hoodedH
Set with maples crimson bloodedH
White sea foam and sand hills grayC
Stretch away far awayC
Dim and dreamy over broodedH
By the hazy autumn dayC
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Gayly chattering to the clatteringA
Of the brown nuts downward patteringA
Leap the squirrels red and grayC
On the grass land on the fallowI
Drop the apples red and yellowI
Drop the russet pears and mellowI
Drop the red leaves all the dayC
And away swift awayC
Sun and cloud o'er hill and hollowI
Chasing weave their web of playC
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'Martha Mason Martha MasonJ
Prithee tell us of the reasonJ
Why you mope at home to dayC
Surely smiling is not sinningA
Leave your quilling leave your spinningA
What is all your store of linenJ
If your heart is never gayC
Come away come awayC
Never yet did sad beginningA
Make the task of life a play '-
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Overbending till she's blendingA
With the flaxen skein she's tendingA
Pale brown tresses smoothed awayC
From her face of patient sorrowI
Sits she seeking but to borrowI
From the trembling hope of morrowI
Solace for the weary dayC
'Go your way laugh and playC
Unto Him who heeds the sparrowI
And the lily let me pray '-
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'With our rally rings the valleyK
Join us ' cried the blue eyed NellyK
'Join us ' cried the laughing MayC
'To the beach we all are goingA
And to save the task of rowingA
West by north the wind is blowingA
Blowing briskly down the bayC
Come away come awayC
Time and tide are swiftly flowingA
Let us take them while we mayC
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'Never tell us that you'll fail usF
Where the purple beach plum mellowsF
On the bluffs so wild and grayC
Hasten for the oars are fallingA
Hark our merry mates are callingA
Time it is that we were all inL
Singing tideward down the bay '-
'Nay nay let me stayC
Sore and sad for Robert RawlinL
Is my heart ' she said 'to day '-
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'Vain your calling for Rob RawlinL
Some red squaw his moose meat's broilingA
Or some French lass singing gayC
Just forget as he's forgettingA
What avails a life of frettingA
If some stars must needs be settingA
Others rise as good as they '-
'Cease I pray go your way '-
Martha cries her eyelids wettingA
'Foul and false the words you say '-
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'Martha Mason hear to reasonL
Prithee put a kinder face on '-
'Cease to vex me ' did she sayC
'Better at his side be lyingA
With the mournful pine trees sighingA
And the wild birds o'er us cryingA
Than to doubt like mine a preyC
While away far awayC
Turns my heart forever tryingA
Some new hope for each new dayC
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'When the shadows veil the meadowsF
And the sunset's golden laddersF
Sink from twilight's walls of grayC
From the window of my dreamingA
I can see his sickle gleamingA
Cheery voiced can hear him teamingA
Down the locust shaded wayC
But away swift awayC
Fades the fond delusive seemingA
And I kneel again to prayC
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'When the growing dawn is showingA
And the barn yard cock is crowingA
And the horned moon pales awayC
From a dream of him awakingA
Every sound my heart is makingA
Seems a footstep of his takingA
Then I hush the thought and sayC
'Nay nay he's away '-
Ah my heart my heart is breakingA
For the dear one far away '-
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Look up Martha worn and swarthyK
Glows a face of manhood worthyK
'Robert ' 'Martha ' all they sayC
O'er went wheel and reel togetherG
Little cared the owner whitherG
Heart of lead is heart of featherG
Noon of night is noon of dayC
Come away come awayC
When such lovers meet each otherG
Why should prying idlers stayC
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Quench the timber's fallen embersF
Quench the recd leaves in December'sF
Hoary rime and chilly sprayC
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But the hearth shall kindle clearerG
Household welcomes sound sincererG
Heart to loving heart draw nearerG
When the bridal bells shall sayC
'Hope and pray trust alwayC
Life is sweeter love is dearerG
For the trial and delay '-

John Greenleaf Whittier



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