Song Of The Devoted Slave Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACA DEFAGHA IJKJA JLMJA BAHNA| There is one God Mahomed his Prophet Had I his power | A |
| I would take the topmost peaks of the snow clad Himalayas | B |
| And would range them around your dwelling during the heats of summer | A |
| To cool the airs that fan your serene and delicate presence | C |
| Had I the power | A |
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| Your courtyard should ever be filled with the fleetest of camels | D |
| Laden with inlaid armour jewels and trappings for horses | E |
| Ripe dates from Egypt and spices and musk from Arabia | F |
| And the sacred waters of Zem Zem well transported thither | A |
| Should bubble and flow in your chamber to bathe the delicate | G |
| Slender and wayworn feet of my Lord returning from travel | H |
| Had I the power | A |
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| Fine woven silk from the further East should conceal your beauty | I |
| Clinging around you in amorous folds caressive silken | J |
| Beautiful long lashed sweet voiced Persian boys should kneeling serve you | K |
| And the floor beneath your sandalled feet should be smooth and golden | J |
| Had I the power | A |
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| And if ever your clear and stately thoughts should turn to women | J |
| Kings' daughters maidens should be appointed to your caresses | L |
| That the youth and the strength of my Lord might never be wasted | M |
| In light or sterile love but enrich the world with his children | J |
| Had I the power | A |
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| Whilst I should sit in the outer court of the Water Palace | B |
| To await the time when you went forth for Pleasure or Warfare | A |
| Descending the stairs rose crowned or armed and arrayed in purple | H |
| To mark the place where your steps have fallen and kiss the footprints | N |
| Had I the power | A |
Laurence Hope (adela Florence Cory Nicolson)
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