The Fairy Queen Sleeping. By Stothard Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGH IIJKLLMMNOPPQQRRSTUU VVWWXXIIYYNOIIZA2B2B 2 C2C2D2D2E2IBBJK| She lay upon a bank the favourite haunt | A |
| Of the spring wind in its first sunshine hour | B |
| For the luxuriant strawberry blossoms spread | C |
| Like a snow shower there and violets | D |
| Bow'd down their purple vases of perfume | E |
| About her pillow link'd in a gay band | F |
| Floated fantastic shapes these were her guards | G |
| Her lithe and rainbow elves | H |
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| WE have been o'er land and sea | I |
| Seeking lovely dreams for thee | I |
| Where is there we have not been | J |
| Gathering gifts for our sweet queen | K |
| We are come with sound and sight | L |
| Fit for fairy's sleep to night | L |
| First around thy couch shall sweep | M |
| Odours such as roses weep | M |
| When the earliest spring rain | N |
| Calls them into life again | O |
| Next upon thine ear shall float | P |
| Many a low and silver note | P |
| Stolen from a dark eyed maid | Q |
| When her lover's serenade | Q |
| Rising as the stars grew dim | R |
| Waken'd her from thoughts of him | R |
| There shall steal o'er lip and cheek | S |
| Gales but all too light to break | T |
| Thy soft rest such gales as hide | U |
| All day orange flowers inside | U |
| Or that while hot noontide dwell | V |
| In the purple hyacinth bell | V |
| And before thy sleeping eyes | W |
| Shall come glorious pageantries | W |
| Palaces of gems and gold | X |
| Such as dazzle to behold | X |
| Gardens in which every tree | I |
| Seems a world of bloom to be | I |
| Fountains whose clear waters show | Y |
| The white pearls that lie below | Y |
| During slumber's magic reign | N |
| Other times shall live again | O |
| First thou shalt be young and free | I |
| In thy days of liberty | I |
| Then again be woo'd and won | Z |
| By thy stately OBERON | A2 |
| Or thou shalt descend to earth | B2 |
| And see all of mortal birth | B2 |
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| No that world's too full of care | C2 |
| For e'en dreams to linger there | C2 |
| But behold the sun is set | D2 |
| And the diamond coronet | D2 |
| Of the young moon is on high | E2 |
| Waiting for our revelry | I |
| And the dew is on the flower | B |
| And the stars proclaim our hour | B |
| Long enough thy rest has been | J |
| Wake TITANIA wake our queen | K |
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
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