Lotus Leaves Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCBADDAEFFF AFGGFHFFHFFFF ACFFCIFFIJAAJ AKGGKFLLFFAAFFAAFGAA GMNOMPDDP GFFFFQRRQGFFG| I | A |
| There is no peace beneath the moon | B |
| Ah in those meadows is there peace | C |
| Where girdled with a silver fleece | C |
| As a bright shepherd strays the moon | B |
| Queen of the gardens of the sky | A |
| Where stars like lilies white and fair | D |
| Shine through the mists of frosty air | D |
| Oh tarry for the dawn is nigh | A |
| Oh tarry for the envious day | E |
| Stretches long hands to catch thy feet | F |
| Alas but thou art overfleet | F |
| Alas I know thou wilt not stay | F |
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| II | A |
| Eastward the dawn has broken red | F |
| The circling mists and shadows flee | G |
| Aurora rises from the sea | G |
| And leaves the crocus flowered bed | F |
| Eastward the silver arrows fall | H |
| Splintering the veil of holy night | F |
| And a long wave of yellow light | F |
| Breaks silently on tower and hall | H |
| And speeding wide across the wold | F |
| Wakes into flight some fluttering bird | F |
| And all the chestnut tops are stirred | F |
| And all the branches streaked with gold | F |
| - | |
| III | A |
| To outer senses there is peace | C |
| A dream like peace on either hand | F |
| Deep silence in the shadowy land | F |
| Deep silence where the shadows cease | C |
| Save for a cry that echoes shrill | I |
| From some lone bird disconsolate | F |
| A curlew calling to its mate | F |
| The answer from the distant hill | I |
| And herald of my love to Him | J |
| Who waiting for the dawn doth lie | A |
| The orbed maiden leaves the sky | A |
| And the white firs grow more dim | J |
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| IV | A |
| Up sprang the sun to run his race | K |
| The breeze blew fair on meadow and lea | G |
| But in the west I seemed to see | G |
| The likeness of a human face | K |
| A linnet on the hawthorn spray | F |
| Sang of the glories of the spring | L |
| And made the flow'ring copses ring | L |
| With gladness for the new born day | F |
| A lark from out the grass I trod | F |
| Flew wildly and was lost to view | A |
| In the great seamless veil of blue | A |
| That hangs before the face of God | F |
| The willow whispered overhead | F |
| That death is but a newer life | A |
| And that with idle words of strife | A |
| We bring dishonour on the dead | F |
| I took a branch from off the tree | G |
| And hawthorn branches drenched with dew | A |
| I bound them with a sprig of yew | A |
| And made a garland fair to see | G |
| I laid the flowers where He lies | M |
| Warm leaves and flowers on the stones | N |
| What joy I had to sit alone | O |
| Till evening broke on tired eyes | M |
| Till all the shifting clouds had spun | P |
| A robe of gold for God to wear | D |
| And into seas of purple air | D |
| Sank the bright galley of the sun | P |
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| V | G |
| Shall I be gladdened for the day | F |
| And let my inner heart be stirred | F |
| By murmuring tree or song of bird | F |
| And sorrow at the wild winds' play | F |
| Not so such idle dreams belong | Q |
| To souls of lesser depth than mine | R |
| I feel that I am half divine | R |
| I that I am great and strong | Q |
| I know that every forest tree | G |
| By labour rises from the root | F |
| I know that none shall gather fruit | F |
| By sailing on the barren sea | G |
Oscar Wilde
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