Dolce Far Niente Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCBBAB ABABDDDBBAB ABABEEEBBAB ABABFFFBBAB F ABABGGGBBAB ABABHHHBBAB| Over the bay as our boat went sailing | A |
| Under the skies of Augustine | B |
| Far to the East lay the ocean paling | A |
| Under the skies of Augustine | B |
| There in the boat as we sat together | C |
| Soft in the glow of the turquoise weather | C |
| Light as the foam or a seagull's feather | C |
| Fair of form and of face serene | B |
| Sweet at my side I felt you lean | B |
| As over the bay our boat went sailing | A |
| Under the skies of Augustine | B |
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| Over the bay as our boat went sailing | A |
| Under the skies of Augustine | B |
| Pine and palm to the West hung trailing | A |
| Under the skies of Augustine | B |
| Was it the wind that sighed above you | D |
| Was it the wave that whispered of you | D |
| Was it my soul that said 'I love you' | D |
| Was it your heart that murmured between | B |
| Answering shy as a bird unseen | B |
| As over the bay our boat went sailing | A |
| Under the skies of Augustine | B |
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| Over the bay as our boat went sailing | A |
| Under the skies of Augustine | B |
| Gray and low flew the heron wailing | A |
| Under the skies of Augustine | B |
| Naught was spoken We watched the simple | E |
| Gulls wing past Your hat's white wimple | E |
| Shadowed your eyes And your lips a dimple | E |
| Smiled and seemed from your soul to wean | B |
| An inner beauty an added sheen | B |
| As over the bay our boat went sailing | A |
| Under the skies of Augustine | B |
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| Over the bay as our boat went sailing | A |
| Under the skies of Augustine | B |
| Red on the marshes the day flared failing | A |
| Under the skies of Augustine | B |
| Was it your thought or the transitory | F |
| Gold of the West like a dreamy story | F |
| Bright on your brow that I read the glory | F |
| And grace of love like a rose crowned queen | B |
| Pictured pensive in mind and mien | B |
| As over the bay our boat went sailing | A |
| Under the skies of Augustine | B |
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| V | F |
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| Over the bay as our boat went sailing | A |
| Under the skies of Augustine | B |
| Wan on the waters the mist lay veiling | A |
| Under the skies of Augustine | B |
| Was it the joy that begot the sorrow | G |
| Joy that was filled with the dreams that borrow | G |
| Prescience sad of a far To morrow | G |
| There in the Now that was all too keen | B |
| That shadowed the fate that might intervene | B |
| As over the bay our boat went sailing | A |
| Under the skies of Augustine | B |
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| Over the bay as our boat went sailing | A |
| Under the skies of Augustine | B |
| The marsh hen cried and the tide was ailing | A |
| Under the skies of Augustine | B |
| And so we parted No vows were spoken | H |
| No faith was plighted that might be broken | H |
| But deep in our hearts each bore a token | H |
| Of life and of love and of all they mean | B |
| Beautiful thornless and ever green | B |
| As over the bay our boat went sailing | A |
| Under the skies of Augustine | B |
Madison Julius Cawein
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