Lines Written By The Side Of A River Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDDBBEEFFCCCCGHHG CIICJKCLLCMMNNOOCCFF PPQQEERREE CCHHCE| FLOW soft RIVER gently stray | A |
| Still a silent waving tide | B |
| O'er thy glitt'ring carpet glide | B |
| While I chaunt my ROUNDELAY | C |
| As I gather from thy bank | D |
| Shelter'd by the poplar dank | D |
| King cups deck'd in golden pride | B |
| Harebells sweet and daisies pied | B |
| While beneath the evening sky | E |
| Soft the western breezes fly | E |
| Gentle RIVER should'st thou be | F |
| Touch'd with mournful sympathy | F |
| When reflection tells my soul | C |
| Winter's icy breath shall quell | C |
| Thy sweet bosom's graceful swell | C |
| And thy dimpling course controul | C |
| Should a crystal tear of mine | G |
| Fall upon thy lucid breast | H |
| Oh receive the trembling guest | H |
| For 'tis PITY'S drop divine | G |
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| GENTLE ZEPHYR softly play | C |
| Shake thy dewy wings around | I |
| Sprinkle odours o'er the ground | I |
| While I chaunt my ROUNDELAY | C |
| While the woodbine's mingling shade | J |
| Veils my pensive drooping head | K |
| Fan oh fan the busy gale | C |
| That rudely wantons round my cheek | L |
| Where the tear of suff'rance meek | L |
| Glitters on the LILY pale | C |
| Ah no more the damask ROSE | M |
| There in crimson lustre glows | M |
| Thirsty fevers from my lip | N |
| Dare the ruddy drops to sip | N |
| Deep within my burning heart | O |
| Sorrow plants an icy dart | O |
| From whose point the soft tears flow | C |
| Melting in the vivid glow | C |
| Gentle Zephyr should'st thou be | F |
| Touch'd with tender sympathy | F |
| When reflection calls to mind | P |
| The bleak and desolating wind | P |
| That soon thy silken wing shall tear | Q |
| And waft it on the freezing air | Q |
| Zephyr should a tender sigh | E |
| To thy balmy bosom fly | E |
| Oh receive the flutt'ring thing | R |
| Place it on thy filmy wing | R |
| Bear it to its native sky | E |
| For 'tis PITY'S softest sigh | E |
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| O'er the golden lids of day | C |
| Steals a veil of sober grey | C |
| Now the flow'rets sink to rest | H |
| On the moist earth's glitt'ring breast | H |
| Homeward now I'll bend my way | C |
| AND CHAUNT MY PLAINTIVE ROUNDELAY | E |
Mary Darby Robinson
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