Unseen Spirits Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDB ECFCFC CGHGDG CDIDJD KACALA| The shadows lay along Broadway | A |
| 'T was near the twilight tide | B |
| And slowly there a lady fair | C |
| Was walking in her pride | B |
| Alone walked she but viewlessly | D |
| Walked spirits at her side | B |
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| Peace charmed the street beneath her feet | E |
| And Honor charmed the air | C |
| And all astir looked kind on her | F |
| And called her good as fair | C |
| For all God ever gave to her | F |
| She kept with chary care | C |
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| She kept with care her beauties rare | C |
| From lovers warm and true | G |
| For her heart was cold to all but gold | H |
| And the rich came not to woo | G |
| But honored well are charms to sell | D |
| If priests the selling do | G |
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| Now walking there was one more fair | C |
| A slight girl lily pale | D |
| And she had unseen company | I |
| To make the spirit quail | D |
| 'Twixt Want and Scorn she walked forlorn | J |
| And nothing could avail | D |
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| No mercy now can clear her brow | K |
| For this world's peace to pray | A |
| For as love's wild prayer dissolved in air | C |
| Her woman's heart gave way | A |
| But the sin forgiven by Christ in heaven | L |
| By man is cursed alway | A |
Nathaniel Parker Willis
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