The Robe Of Grass Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDEFFE EEGHHG IIJKKJ| HERE lies the woven garb he wore | A |
| Of grass he gathered by the shore | A |
| Whereon the phantom waves still fret and foam | B |
| And sigh along the visionary sand | C |
| Where is he now you cry What desolate land | C |
| Gleams round him in dull mockery of home | B |
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| You knew him by the robe he cast | D |
| About him grey and worn at last | D |
| It fades you murmur changes lives and dies | E |
| Why has he vanished Whither is he fled | F |
| And is there any light among the dead | F |
| Can any dream come singing where he lies | E |
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| Ah peace lift up your clouded eyes | E |
| Nor where this curious relic lies | E |
| Grope in the blown dust for the print of feet | G |
| Dim tottering ghastly sounds are these but he | H |
| Laughs now as ever still aloof and free | H |
| Eager and wild and passionate and fleet | G |
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| Because he has dropped the part he played | I |
| Shall love be baffled and dismayed | I |
| Let the frail earth and all its visions melt | J |
| And let the heart that loves the eye that sees | K |
| Seek him amid immortal mysteries | K |
| For lo he dwells where he has ever dwelt | J |
John Le Gay Brereton
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