The Migratory Swans Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFGFHIJI KLKLCMCN OBOBPBQBA necklace in the depth of blue | A |
Of scintillating silvery pearls | B |
Which peering eagerly we view | A |
As gracefully it curves and whirls | B |
Safely and swiftly far away | C |
They seek the groves of date and lime | D |
Naught can arrest and naught dismay | C |
From heights so lofty and sublime | D |
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In dreams alone their wintry home | E |
Can haunt them with its ice and snow | F |
Mingled with visions as they come | G |
Of shimmering waves where lilies grow | F |
And open lakes are fresh and clear | H |
Fit mirror for a plumaged breast | I |
Shaded by moss grown trees 'Tis here | J |
They'll dip and dive in gleeful rest | I |
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Vanished and vainly do we try | K |
To trace upon the distant air | L |
That scroll which written on the sky | K |
Told of the hand which led them there | L |
Could we upon our heavenward way | C |
From tempting snares as far remove | M |
And be as disenthralled as they | C |
We'd plainer show a guiding love | N |
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We skim too closely to the earth | O |
We press too slowly for the prize | B |
Let thoughts and cares of trivial worth | O |
Retard our journey to the skies | B |
Oh let us watch and pray to have | P |
A loftier flight from transient things | B |
Inspired like swans at last to lave | Q |
In streams of bliss our wearied wings | B |
Nancy Rebecca Campbell Glass
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