To The White Julienne Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD ECECDFDF GHIHJJJJ| Again above thy fragile flowers | A |
| I bend to bring their perfume nigh | B |
| For only in the evening hours | A |
| Thy odors pass thy blossoms by | B |
| But when the ministering day | C |
| Deserts thee with the warmth and light | D |
| That lulled thee waking thou wilt pay | C |
| For these in sweetness to the night | D |
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| O flower of Marie Antoinette | E |
| Ungrateful to the lavish day | C |
| Refusing it thy fragrance yet | E |
| Relenting in such generous way | C |
| Perchance like thee while life was bright | D |
| Her soul no holy savour shed | F |
| Yet scattered incense when grief's night | D |
| Wept dews of blood upon her head | F |
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| I bend to bring thy perfume near | G |
| Again I cannot leave the spot | H |
| Damp walls and prison gloom are here | I |
| The beauties of the garden plot | H |
| Are gone save thee White Julienne | J |
| Fond handled by the fated queen | J |
| I hear her sigh above thee then | J |
| The sentry's tread behind the screen | J |
Mary Hannay Foott
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