The Wild Ride Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEF AGC HIC DJK ABC LDM| I hear in my heart I hear in its ominous pulses | A |
| All day on the road the hoofs of invisible horses | B |
| All night from their stalls the importunate pawing and neighing | C |
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| Let cowards and laggards fall back But alert to the saddle | D |
| Weatherworn and abreast go men of our galloping legion | E |
| With a stirrup cup each to the lily of women that loves him | F |
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| The trail is through dolor and dread over crags and morasses | A |
| There are shapes by the way there are things that appal or entice us | G |
| What odds We are Knights of the Grail we are vowed to the riding | C |
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| Thought's self is a vanishing wing and joy is a cobweb | H |
| And friendship a flower in the dust and glory a sunbeam | I |
| Not here is our prize nor alas after these our pursuing | C |
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| A dipping of plumes a tear a shake of the bridle | D |
| A passing salute to this world and her pitiful beauty | J |
| We hurry with never a word in the track of our fathers | K |
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| I hear in my heart I hear in its ominous pulses | A |
| All day on the road the hoofs of invisible horses | B |
| All night from their stalls the importunate pawing and neighing | C |
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| We spur to a land of no name outracing the storm wind | L |
| We leap to the infinite dark like sparks from the anvil | D |
| Thou leadest O God All's well with Thy troopers that follow | M |
Louise Imogen Guiney
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