Poet Madison Julius Cawein

Madison Julius Cawein

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The Dream Of Christ Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABAB CDCDCD EFEFEF GHGHGH IGIGIG JKJJJJ JGJGJG JGJGJG LJMJLJ

I saw her twins of eyelids listless swoonA
Mesmeric eyesB
Like the mild lapsing of a lulling tuneA
On wide surpriseB
While slow the graceful presence of a moonA
Mellowed the purple skiesB
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And had she dreamed or had in fancy goneC
As one who soughtD
To hail the influx of a godly dawnC
Of heavenly thoughtD
Trod trembling o'er old sainted hill and lawnC
With intense angels fraughtD
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Sailed thro' majestic domes of the deep nightE
By isles of starsF
Wand'ring like some pure blessing warm with lightE
From worldly jarsF
To the high halls of morning pearly whiteE
And heaped with golden barsF
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Past temples vast deluged with sandy seasG
Whose ruins standH
Like bleaching bones of dead monstrositiesG
Crashed to the landH
Stupendous homes of cursed idolatriesG
Fallen to dust and sandH
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Ugly and bestial gods caked thick with goldI
Their hideousnessG
Blaspheming Christ 'mid shattered altars rolledI
To rottennessG
Their slaves abolished and their priests of oldI
Trodden to nothingnessG
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Thro' Syrian plains curtained with curling mistJ
The grass she trailedK
Where the shy floweret by the dew drop kissedJ
Sweet blushing quailedJ
And drowned in purple vales of amethystJ
The moon mad bulbuls wailedJ
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On glimmering wolds had seemed to hear the bleatJ
Of folded flocksG
Seen broad browed sages pass with sandaled feetJ
And hoary locksG
While swimming in a bath of molten heatJ
A great star glorious rocksG
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In fancy o'er a beaming baby bentJ
Cradled amissG
In a rude manger on its brow to printJ
One holy kissG
While down the slant winds faint aromas wentJ
And anthems deep of blissG
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And then she woke The winter moon aboveL
Burst on her sightJ
And with strange sweetness all her dream was woveM
In its far flightJ
For jubilant bells rocked booming peace and loveL
Down all the aisles of nightJ

Madison Julius Cawein



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