Endymion (for Music) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AAAAABCDECFGFG HIHHHICJBCGKGK HAHHHBCCCCCACA

The apple trees are hung with goldA
And birds are loud in ArcadyA
The sheep lie bleating in the foldA
The wild goat runs across the woldA
But yesterday his love he toldA
I know he will come back to meB
O rising moon O Lady moonC
Be you my lover's sentinelD
You cannot choose but know him wellE
For he is shod with purple shoonC
You cannot choose but know my loveF
For he a shepherd's crook doth bearG
And he is soft as any doveF
And brown and curly is his hairG
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The turtle now has ceased to callH
Upon her crimson footed groomI
The grey wolf prowls about the stallH
The lily's singing seneschalH
Sleeps in the lily bell and allH
The violet hills are lost in gloomI
O risen moon O holy moonC
Stand on the top of HeliceJ
And if my own true love you seeB
Ah if you see the purple shoonC
The hazel crook the lad's brown hairG
The goat skin wrapped about his armK
Tell him that I am waiting whereG
The rushlight glimmers in the FarmK
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The falling dew is cold and chillH
And no bird sings in ArcadyA
The little fauns have left the hillH
Even the tired daffodilH
Has closed its gilded doors and stillH
My lover comes not back to meB
False moon False moon O waning moonC
Where is my own true lover goneC
Where are the lips vermilionC
The shepherd's crook the purple shoonC
Why spread that silver pavilionC
Why wear that veil of drifting mistA
Ah thou hast young EndymionC
Thou hast the lips that should be kissedA

Oscar Wilde



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