An Address To Night Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDEEDF BCGCCCCHHCH CCCCIIJCCJK| Like some sad spirit from an unknown shore | A |
| Thou comest with two children in thine arms | B |
| Flushed poppied Sleep whom mortals aye adore | A |
| Her flowing raiment sculptured to her charms | B |
| Soft on thy bosom in pure baby rest | C |
| Clasped as a fair white rose in musky nest | C |
| But on thy other like a thought of woe | D |
| Her brother lean cold Death doth thin recline | E |
| To thee as dear as she thy maid divine | E |
| Whose frowsy hair his hectic breathings blow | D |
| In poppied ringlets billowing all her marble brow | F |
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| Oft have I taken Sleep from thy vague arms | B |
| And fondled her faint head with poppies wreath'd | C |
| Within my bosom's depths until its storms | G |
| With her were hushed and I but mildly breath'd | C |
| And then this child O Night with frolic art | C |
| Arose from rest and on my panting heart | C |
| Blew bubbles of dreams where elfin worlds were lost | C |
| Until my airy soul smiled light on me | H |
| From some far land too dim for day to see | H |
| And wandered in a shape of limpid frost | C |
| Within a dusky dale where soundless streams did flee | H |
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| Welcome to Earth O Night the saintly garbed | C |
| Slip meek as love into the Day's flushed heart | C |
| Drop in a dream from where the meteors orbed | C |
| Wander past systems scorning map or chart | C |
| Or sit aloft thy hands brimmed full of stars | I |
| Or come in garb of storms 'mid thunder jars | I |
| When lightning frilled gleams wide thy cloud frounced dress | J |
| Then art thou grand but oh when thy pure feet | C |
| Along the star strewn floors of Heaven beat | C |
| And thy cool breath the heated world doth bless | J |
| Thou art God's angel of true love and gentleness | K |
Madison Julius Cawein
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