The Nepean Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBB CDCD DEDE FGFG HIHI DDDD JKJK| Far down the reach a creeping mist | A |
| Hung dim along the mountain side | B |
| On shadowed water sleek and whist | B |
| I let the lazy shallop glide | B |
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| The ripple scarcely cut the green | C |
| That edged the central path of grey | D |
| I drew the oars and all unseen | C |
| Gave reverent greeting to the day | D |
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| Naked I stood with arms outspread | D |
| That opened wide the gates of dream | E |
| Then breathless bent my wondering head | D |
| And sprang to meet the silent stream | E |
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| I slid and floated like a seal | F |
| And bade my senses revel free | G |
| From cheek to footsole I could feel | F |
| Her soft cool hands caressing me | G |
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| A noise of tiny wavelets woke | H |
| I quenched my drouth with delicate sips | I |
| And as I drank the surface broke | H |
| In eager kisses on my lips | I |
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| The scented breath of morning turned | D |
| To incense as toward the west | D |
| At last rock altar'd I discerned | D |
| The sunshine on the mountain crest | D |
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| That light of blessing from the sky | J |
| Made us the fuel of its blaze | K |
| And fragrant bush and stream and I | J |
| Were one aspiring cry of praise | K |
John Le Gay Brereton
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