The Migratory Swans Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFGFHIJI KLKLCMCN OBOBPBQB| A 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 |
Nannie R. Glass
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