John Kendall (dum-dum)

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Elysium Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFFF GFGF HFHF IJI FKFK LMLM DFD

From the dust and the drought and the heatA
I am borne on the pinions of leaveB
From the things that are bad to repeatA
To the things that are good to receiveB
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From the glare of the day at its heightC
On a land that was blinding to seeD
From the wearisome hiss of the nightC
By a turn of the wheel I am freeD
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I have passed to the heart of the HillsE
For a season of halcyon hoursF
'Mid the music of murmurous rillsF
And the delicate odours of flowersF
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And I walk in an exquisite shadeG
Where the fern tasselled boughs interlaceF
And the verdurous fringe of the gladeG
Is a marvel of fairylike graceF
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And with never an aim or a planH
I can wander in uttermost easeF
Where the only reminders of ManH
Are the monkeys aloft in the treesF
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Or perchance on the 'silvery mere '-
In a 'shallop' I lazily floatI
With it's possible some one to steerJ
Or with no one which lightens the boatI
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O the glorious gift of releaseF
From the chains that encircle the thrallK
To be quiet and cool and at peaceF
And to loaf and do nothing at allK
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I am clear of that infamous larkL
I am far from the blare of the BandM
And the bugles are silent the barkL
Of the Colonel is hushed in the landM
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And I say it again I am freeD
In the valleys of wandering blissF
And most gratefully 'own if there beD
An Elysium on earth it is this '-

John Kendall (dum-dum)



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