IචPæan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEDE FGFG DHDH IJII KLKL DIDI LMLM DADC| o'er all and thro' all we shall hie | A |
| With the cry 'I P an and Echo the strain | B |
| From her cave 'I P an ' enraptured shall cry | C |
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| The storm may set in and the summer may go | D |
| But the while winter winds in the rafters yet roar | E |
| Will a gleam in the cloud and a bloom in the snow | D |
| Give a pledge of a glory girt future in store | E |
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| In Pandora's Box Hope was left and in fact | F |
| As long as the world on its axis shall move | G |
| The Parc from mortals will never exact | F |
| What a ban not a boon in the sequel will prove | G |
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| Not only our manfold evils externe | D |
| But the ashes fill'd apples by error pluck'd they | H |
| Even they emanate from a fountain superne | D |
| And will prove to be true golden apples one day | H |
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| Thro' the regions of Erebus lay the rough road | I |
| By which the brave passed to the Fields of the Blest | J |
| Yet once having enter'd Jove's envied abode | I |
| The trouble made sweeter the pleasure possesst | I |
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| Dragon watched was the idol of Jason's desire | K |
| Yet a triumph awaited the noble and wise | L |
| And as sure as the faggot but heatens the fire | K |
| As sure did the danger but brighten the prize | L |
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| Creation itself from a chaos was born | D |
| So sang the Illumed of the centuries fled | I |
| And At herself to an Eros would turn | D |
| If aright the vast drift of existence were read | I |
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| Nay neither the gloom that o'er shadows our skies | L |
| Nor the danger that lies on the path to our goal | M |
| Nor the keenest of pangs need awaken our sighs | L |
| From woe the soul wrings the delight of the soul | M |
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| Triumphant o'er trouble triumphant o'er pain | D |
| Triumphant o'er all and thro' all we shall hie | A |
| With the cry 'I P an ' and Echo the strain | D |
| From her cave 'I P an ' enraptured shall cry | C |
Joseph Skipsey
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