Moon Fairies Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDCDCCCCCCCECCFF GHGIJJKKLMLMNNOOCCCC CCLLPQPQLLCCCRCRCCSS CCCCFFLLCTCTTHE moon a circle of gold | A |
O'er the crowded housetops rolled | A |
And peeped in an attic where | B |
'Mid sordid things and bare | B |
A sick child lay and gazed | C |
At a road to the far away | D |
A road he followed mazed | C |
That grew from a moonbeam ray | D |
A road of light that led | C |
From the foot of his garret bed | C |
Out of that room of hate | C |
Where Poverty slept by his mate | C |
Sickness out of the street | C |
Into a wonderland | C |
Where a voice called far and sweet | C |
'Come follow our Fairy band ' | E |
A purple shadow sprinkled | C |
With golden star dust twinkled | C |
Suddenly into the room | F |
Out of the winter gloom | F |
And it wore a face to him | G |
Of a dream he'd dreamed a form | H |
Of Joy whose face was dim | G |
Yet bright with a magic charm | I |
And the shadow seemed to trail | J |
Sounds that were green and frail | J |
Dew dripples notes that fell | K |
Like drops in a ferny dell | K |
A whispered lisp and stir | L |
Like winds among the leaves | M |
Blent with a cricket chirr | L |
And coo of a dove that grieves | M |
And the Elfin bore on its back | N |
A little faery pack | N |
Of forest scents of loam | O |
And mossy sounds of foam | O |
And of its contents breathed | C |
As might a clod of ground | C |
Feeling a bud unsheathed | C |
There in its womb profound | C |
And the shadow smiled and gazed | C |
At the child then softly raised | C |
Its arms and seemed to grow | L |
To a tree in the attic low | L |
And from its glimmering hands | P |
Shook emerald seeds of dreams | Q |
From which grew fairy bands | P |
Like firefly motes and gleams | Q |
The child had seen them before | L |
In his dreams of Fairy lore | L |
The Elves each with a light | C |
To guide his feet a right | C |
Out of this world to a world | C |
Where Magic built him towers | R |
And Fable old unfurled | C |
Flags like wonderful flowers | R |
And the child who knew this smiled | C |
And rose a different child | C |
No more he knew of pain | S |
Or fear of heart and brain | S |
At Poverty there that slept | C |
He never even glanced | C |
But into the moon road stept | C |
And out of the garret danced | C |
Out of the earthly gloom | F |
Out of the sordid room | F |
Out on a moonbeam ray | L |
Now at last to play | L |
There with comrades found | C |
Children of the moon | T |
There on faery ground | C |
Where none would find him soon | T |
Madison Julius Cawein
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about Moon Fairies poem by Madison Julius Cawein
Best Poems of Madison Julius Cawein