Dawn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDEEE FGFGHHIIJJJ KLKLMMNNN OPOPQQRRR ASCSTTUUVVV| O KEEP the world forever at the dawn | A |
| Ere yet the opals cobweb strung have dried | B |
| Ere yet too bounteous gifts have marred the morn | C |
| Or fading stars have died | B |
| O keep the eastern gold no wider than | D |
| An angel's finger span | D |
| And hush the increasing thunder of the sea | E |
| To murmuring melody | E |
| In those fair coves where tempests ne'er should be | E |
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| Hold back the line of shoreward sweeping surge | F |
| And veil each deep sea pool in pearlier mist | G |
| Ere yet the silver ripples on the verge | F |
| Have turned to amethyst | G |
| Fling back the chariot of encroaching day | H |
| And call the winds away | H |
| Ere yet they sigh and let the hastening sun | I |
| Along his path in heaven no higher run | I |
| But show through all the years his golden rim | J |
| With shadows lingering dim | J |
| Forever o'er the world awaiting him | J |
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| Hold every bird with still and drowsy wing | K |
| That in the breathless hush no clamorous throat | L |
| Shall break the peace that hangs on everything | K |
| With shrill awakening note | L |
| Keep fast the half seen beauties of the rose | M |
| In undisturbed repose | M |
| Check all the iris buds where they unfold | N |
| Impatient from their hold | N |
| And close the cowslips' cups of honeyed gold | N |
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| Keep all things hushed so hushed we seem to hear | O |
| The sounds of low swung clouds that sweep the trees | P |
| Let now no harsher music reach the ear | O |
| No earthlier sounds than these | P |
| When whispering shadows move within the grass | Q |
| And airy tremors pass | Q |
| Through all the earth with life awakening thrilled | R |
| And so forever stilled | R |
| Too sweet in promise e'er to be fulfilled | R |
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| O keep the world forever at the dawn | A |
| Yet keeping so let nothing lifeless seem | S |
| But hushed as if the miracle of morn | C |
| Were trembling in its dream | S |
| Some shadowy moth may pass with downy flight | T |
| And fade before the sight | T |
| While in the unlightened darkness of the wall | U |
| The chirping crickets call | U |
| From forest pools where fragrant lilies are | V |
| A breath shall pass afar | V |
| And o'er the crested pine shall hang one star | V |
Marjorie Lowry Christie Pickthall
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