On Pilgrimage Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CACA DEDE FFFF| Oh youthful bearer of my palanquin | A |
| Thy glossy hair lies loosened on thy neck | B |
| The tears of labour gem thy velvet skin | A |
| Whose even texture knows no other fleck | B |
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| Thy slender shoulder strains beneath my weight | C |
| Too fair thou art for work sweet slave of mine | A |
| Would that this idle breast reversing fate | C |
| A willing serf to love supported thine | A |
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| I smell the savage scent of sun warmed fur | D |
| Close in the Jungle musky hot and sweet | E |
| The air comes from thy shoulder even as myrrh | D |
| Would we were as the panthers free to meet | E |
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| The Temple road is steep I grieve to see | F |
| Thy slender ankles bruised among the clods | F |
| Oh my Beloved if I might worship thee | F |
| Beauty is greater far than all the Gods | F |
Laurence Hope (adela Florence Cory Nicolson)
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