Night Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCB DBBBBBB EFEFBBF B BFBB BGBGBBGSWIFTLY walk o'er the western wave | A |
nbsp nbsp nbsp Spirit of Night | B |
Out of the misty eastern cave | A |
Where all the long and lone daylight | B |
Thou wovest dreams of joy and fear | C |
Which make thee terrible and dear | C |
nbsp nbsp nbsp Swift be thy flight | B |
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Wrap thy form in a mantle grey | D |
nbsp nbsp nbsp Star inwrought | B |
Blind with thine hair the eyes of Day | B |
Kiss her until she be wearied out | B |
Then wander o'er city and sea and land | B |
Touching all with thine opiate wand | B |
nbsp nbsp nbsp Come long sought | B |
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When I arose and saw the dawn | E |
nbsp nbsp nbsp I sigh'd for thee | F |
When light rode high and the dew was gone | E |
And noon lay heavy on flower and tree | F |
And the weary Day turn'd to his rest | B |
Lingering like an unloved guest | B |
nbsp nbsp nbsp I sigh'd for thee | F |
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Thy brother Death came and cried | B |
nbsp nbsp nbsp 'Wouldst thou me ' | - |
Thy sweet child Sleep the filmy eyed | B |
Murmur'd like a noontide bee | F |
'Shall I nestle near thy side | B |
Wouldst thou me ' And I replied | B |
nbsp nbsp nbsp 'No not thee ' | - |
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Death will come when thou art dead | B |
nbsp nbsp nbsp Soon too soon | G |
Sleep will come when thou art fled | B |
Of neither would I ask the boon | G |
I ask of thee beloved Night | B |
Swift be thine approaching flight | B |
nbsp nbsp nbsp Come soon soon | G |
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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