An Impromptu - Ii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DDE F G H| AT THE WALCKER DINNER UPON THE | A |
| COMPLETION OF THE GREAT ORGAN | B |
| FOR BOSTON MUSIC HALL IN | C |
| - | |
| I ASKED three little maidens who heard the organ play | D |
| Where all the music came from that stole our hearts away | D |
| 'I know ' said fair haired Edith 'it was the autumn breeze | E |
| That whistled through the hollows of all those silver trees ' | - |
| 'No child ' ' said keen eyed Clara it is a lion's cage | F |
| They woke him out of slumber I heard him roar and rage ' | - |
| 'Nay ' answered soft voiced Anna ''t was thunder that you heard | G |
| And after that caine sunshine and singing of a bird ' | - |
| ' Hush hush you little children for all of you are wrong ' | - |
| I said 'my pretty darlings it was no earthly song A band of blessed angels has left the heavenly choirs | H |
| And what you heard last evening were seraph lips and lyres ' | - |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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