To The Fossil Flower Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABCDEAAFDGHEAIIJIK ALAAAEAEAEIIAMAAAAAN EIODMNIMAAAIPQG| Dark fossil flower I see thy leaves unrolled | A |
| With all thy lines of beauty freshly marked | A |
| As when the eye of Morn beamed on thee first | A |
| And thou first turn'dst to meet its welcome smile | B |
| And sometimes in the coals' bright rain bow hues | C |
| I dream I see the colors of thy prime | D |
| And for a moment robe thy form again | E |
| In splendor not its own Flower of the past | A |
| Now as I look on thee life's echoing tread | A |
| Falls noiseless on my ear the present dies | F |
| And o'er my soul the thoughts of distant time | D |
| In silent waves like billows from the sea | G |
| Come roling on and on with ceaseless flow | H |
| Innumerable Thou may'st have sprung unsown | E |
| Into thy noon of life when first earth heard | A |
| Its Maker's sovereign voice and laughing flowers | I |
| Waved o'er the meadows hung on mountain crags | I |
| And nodded in the breeze on every hill | J |
| Thou may'st have bloomed unseen save by the stars | I |
| That sang together o'er thy rosy birth | K |
| And came at eve to watch thy folded rest | A |
| None may have sought thee on thy flagrant home | L |
| Save light voiced winds that round thy dwelling played | A |
| Or seemed to sigh as oft their winged haste | A |
| Compelled their feet to roam Thou may'st have lived | A |
| Beneath the light of later days when man | E |
| With feet free roving as the homeless wind | A |
| Sealed the thick mantled height coursed plains unshorn | E |
| Breaking the solitude of nature's haunt | A |
| With voice that seemed to blend in one sweet strain | E |
| The mingled music of the elements | I |
| And when against his infant frame they rose | I |
| Uncurbed unawed by his yet feeble hand | A |
| And when the muttering storm and shouting wave | M |
| And rattling thunder mated round him raged | A |
| And seemed at times like d mon foes to gird | A |
| Thou may'st have won with gentle look his heart | A |
| And stirred the first warm prayer of gratitude | A |
| And been his first his simplest altar gift | A |
| For thee dark flower the kindling sun can bring | N |
| No more the colors that it gave nor morn | E |
| With kindly kiss restore thy breathing sweets | I |
| Yet may the mind's mysterious touch recall | O |
| The bloom and fragrance of thy early prime | D |
| For HE who to the lowly lily gave | M |
| A glory richer than to proudest king | N |
| He painted not those darkly shining leaves | I |
| With blushes like the dawn in vain nor gave | M |
| To thee its sweetly scented breath to waste | A |
| Upon the barren air E'en though thou stood | A |
| Alone in nature's forest home untrod | A |
| The first love of the stars and sighing winds | I |
| The mineral holds with faithful trust thy form | P |
| To wake in human hearts sweet thoughts of love | Q |
| Now the dark past hangs round thy memory | G |
Jones Very
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