The Beauty Of Death Xiv Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBDEF GHI JK LMNHOP QLDRS A TUVRTWXNN YZDLA2B2 C2 DD2E2F2G2F2JG2F2H2I2 DF2J BBJ2JF2F2K2L2DF2D M2E2N2O2P2F2F2J Q2DBF2JDAD| Part One The Calling | A |
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| Let me sleep for my soul is intoxicated with love and | B |
| Let me rest for my spirit has had its bounty of days and nights | C |
| Light the candles and burn the incense around my bed and | B |
| Scatter leaves of jasmine and roses over my body | D |
| Embalm my hair with frankincense and sprinkle my feet with perfume | E |
| And read what the hand of Death has written on my forehead | F |
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| Let me rest in the arms of Slumber for my open eyes are tired | G |
| Let the silver stringed lyre quiver and soothe my spirit | H |
| Weave from the harp and lute a veil around my withering heart | I |
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| Sing of the past as you behold the dawn of hope in my eyes for | J |
| It's magic meaning is a soft bed upon which my heart rests | K |
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| Dry your tears my friends and raise your heads as the flowers | L |
| Raise their crowns to greet the dawn | M |
| Look at the bride of Death standing like a column of light | N |
| Between my bed and the infinite | H |
| Hold your breath and listen with me to the beckoning rustle of | O |
| Her white wings | P |
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| Come close and bid me farewell touch my eyes with smiling lips | Q |
| Let the children grasp my hands with soft and rosy fingers | L |
| Let the ages place their veined hands upon my head and bless me | D |
| Let the virgins come close and see the shadow of God in my eyes | R |
| And hear the echo of His will racing with my breath | S |
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| Part Two The Ascending | A |
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| I have passed a mountain peak and my soul is soaring in the | T |
| Firmament of complete and unbound freedom | U |
| I am far far away my companions and the clouds are | V |
| Hiding the hills from my eyes | R |
| The valleys are becoming flooded with an ocean of silence and the | T |
| Hands of oblivion are engulfing the roads and the houses | W |
| The prairies and fields are disappearing behind a white specter | X |
| That looks like the spring cloud yellow as the candlelight | N |
| And red as the twilight | N |
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| The songs of the waves and the hymns of the streams | Y |
| Are scattered and the voices of the throngs reduced to silence | Z |
| And I can hear naught but the music of Eternity | D |
| In exact harmony with the spirit's desires | L |
| I am cloaked in full whiteness | A2 |
| I am in comfort I am in peace | B2 |
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| Part Three The Remains | C2 |
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| Unwrap me from this white linen shroud and clothe me | D |
| With leaves of jasmine and lilies | D2 |
| Take my body from the ivory casket and let it rest | E2 |
| Upon pillows of orange blossoms | F2 |
| Lament me not but sing songs of youth and joy | G2 |
| Shed not tears upon me but sing of harvest and the winepress | F2 |
| Utter no sigh of agony but draw upon my face with your | J |
| Finger the symbol of Love and Joy | G2 |
| Disturb not the air's tranquility with chanting and requiems | F2 |
| But let your hearts sing with me the song of Eternal Life | H2 |
| Mourn me not with apparel of black | I2 |
| But dress in color and rejoice with me | D |
| Talk not of my departure with sighs in your hearts close | F2 |
| Your eyes and you will see me with you forevermore | J |
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| Place me upon clusters of leaves and | B |
| Carry my upon your friendly shoulders and | B |
| Walk slowly to the deserted forest | J2 |
| Take me not to the crowded burying ground lest my slumber | J |
| Be disrupted by the rattling of bones and skulls | F2 |
| Carry me to the cypress woods and dig my grave where violets | F2 |
| And poppies grow not in the other's shadow | K2 |
| Let my grave be deep so that the flood will not | L2 |
| Carry my bones to the open valley | D |
| Let my grace be wide so that the twilight shadows | F2 |
| Will come and sit by me | D |
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| Take from me all earthly raiment and place me deep in my | M2 |
| Mother Earth and place me with care upon my mother's breast | E2 |
| Cover me with soft earth and let each handful be mixed | N2 |
| With seeds of jasmine lilies and myrtle and when they | O2 |
| Grow above me and thrive on my body's element they will | P2 |
| Breathe the fragrance of my heart into space | F2 |
| And reveal even to the sun the secret of my peace | F2 |
| And sail with the breeze and comfort the wayfarer | J |
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| Leave me then friends leave me and depart on mute feet | Q2 |
| As the silence walks in the deserted valley | D |
| Leave me to God and disperse yourselves slowly as the almond | B |
| And apple blossoms disperse under the vibration of Nisan's breeze | F2 |
| Go back to the joy of your dwellings and you will find there | J |
| That which Death cannot remove from you and me | D |
| Leave with place for what you see here is far away in meaning | A |
| From the earthly world Leave me | D |
Khalil Gibran
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