Gnatho Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGGHIDJGKLHMNOG PQRSTGUSGSVWSGGVGTX SV VVYVVVGVZGSSZA2B2HC2 D2VVGVVVGSS VVSSVG HGVZVVHE2SVF2G2GSH2 VXHI2HVH2GVSC2HVJ2 K2GVL2GGGVGHM2SH2VSN 2SVF2SVI2 O2VVGGHXGVKV O2VVGP2GB2TI2VO2XH

Gnatho Satyr homing at duskA
Trotting home like a tired dogB
By mountain slopes 'twixt the junipersC
And flamed oleanders near the seaD
Found a girl child asleep in a fleeceE
Frail as wax golden and roseF
Whereat at first he skipt asideG
And stayed him nosing and peering wheretoG
Next he crept softly breathingH
Blinking his fear None was thereI
To guard the sun had dipt in the seaD
Faint fire empurpled the flowJ
Of heaving water no speck no hintG
Of oar or wing on the main on the deepK
Sky empty as a great shellL
Fainting in its own glory This thingH
This rare breath this miracleM
Alone with him in the world HisN
To wonder fall to with craning eyesO
Fearfully daring next since it moved notG
Stooping to handle to stroke to peer uponP
Closely nosing its tender lengthQ
Doglike snuffing at last to kissR
In reverence wonderful lightlier farS
Than thistledown falls brushing the EarthT
But the child awoke and watching him cried notG
Cruddled visage choppy handsU
Blinking eyes red litten astareS
Horns and feet nay crowed and strainedG
To reach this wonderS
As one a glassV
Light as foam hued like the foamW
A breath bubble of fire will carryS
He in arms lifted his freightG
Looking wonderfully upon itG
With scarce a breath and humblenessV
To be so brute ebbed to the floodG
Of pride in his new assur d worthT
Trusted so who could be vileX
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So to his cave in the wood he bore herS
Fleeting swift as a fear thro' the dark treesV
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There in the silence of tall treesV
Under the soaring shaftsV
Far beneath the canopied leafageY
In the forest whisper the thick silencesV
Or on the wastesV
Of sheltered mountains where the spiresV
Of solemn cypress frame the descentG
Upon the blue and open to seaV
Here grew Ianthe maiden slimZ
With none to spy but this gnarled man bruteG
Most fair most hid like a wood flowerS
Slim for lack of light so she grewS
In flowering line of limbZ
And flower of face retired and shyA2
Urged by the bland air unknownB2
Lonely and lovely husbandingH
Her great possessions hers nowC2
Another's when he cared to claim themD2
For thus went life to lead the herdsV
Of pricking deer she saw the great stagsV
Battle in empty glades then mateG
Thus on the mountains chose the bearsV
And in the woods she heard the wolvesV
Anguishing in their lovesV
Thro' the dense nights far in the forestG
And so collected went she and sureS
Her time would come and with it her masterS
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But Gnatho watcht her under his browsV
When she lay heedless spilling beautyV
How ever lovelier suppler sleekerS
How more desirable how nearS
How rightly his how surely hisV
Then gnaw'd his cheek and turn'd his headG
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For unsuspect some dim forbiddingH
Rose within him and knockt at his heartG
And said Not thine but for reverenceV
And some wild horror desperate drove himZ
Suing a pardon from unknown GodsV
For untold trespass to seek the seaV
Upon whose shore to whose cool breathingH
He'd stretch his arms broken with strifeE2
Of self and self and all that waterS
Steadfast lapt and surged Came tearsV
To furrow his cheeks came strength to returnF2
To her and bear with longer breathG2
Her sweet familiarities blindG
Obedience to nascent blind desireS
Till again he lookt and burn'd againH2
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Thus his black ferment boil'd O' nightsV
He'd dream and revel frenziedlyX
As with the love stung nymphs AwakeH
In a chill sweat he'd tear at himselfI2
Claw at his flesh and leap in the brookH
Drench the red embers of his viceV
Into a mass abhorred Clean thenH2
He'd seek his bed and pass unscath'dG
The bower of fern where the sleek limbsV
Of white Ianthe mesht in her hairS
Lay lax in sleep But Gnatho nowC2
Saw only God as on some still peakH
Snowy and lonely under the starsV
We look and see God in all that calmJ2
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One night of glamour under a moonK2
That seemed to steep the air with goldG
They two sat stilly and watcht the seaV
Tremulously heaving over a pathL2
Of light like a river of molten goldG
Warm blew the breeze to land she lean'dG
Her idle head idly playedG
Her fingers in his belt and heV
Embracing held her yielding subduedG
Sideways saw the curve of her cheekH
Downcast lashes droopt lipM2
Which seem'd to court his pleasureS
ThenH2
On waves of fire came racing his needsV
With zest of rage to possess and tearS
That which his frenzy maskt as loveN2
Courted so he lean'd to her earS
Thrilled in torrents hoarse his caseV
Love I burn I burnF2
Slake me love He raved in whisperS
And she lookt up with her wide full eyesV
Saying My love and yielded herselfI2
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Deep night settled on hill and plainO2
The moon went out the concourse of starsV
Lay strewn above and with golden eyesV
Peered on them lockt Far and faintG
The great stags belled far and faintG
Quested the wolves the leopards' howlingH
Lent desolation to night and lowX
The night jar purr'd At sea one lightG
Swayed restlessly and on the rocksV
Sounded the tireless lapping deepK
Lockt they lay thro' all the silencesV
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Dawn stole in with whimper of rainO2
And a wailing wind from the seaV
Gray sea gray dawn and scurrying cloudsV
And scud of rain The fisher boatG
The sands the headlands fringed with broomP2
And tamarisk were blottedG
AloneB2
Caged in the mist of earthT
That beat his torment back to himselfI2
So that in vain he sought for the GodsV
And lifted up hands in vainO2
To witness this white wreck prone and stillX
Gnatho the Satyr blinkt on his workH
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Maurice Henry Hewlett



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