Song. Translated From The German Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DDEE FFGG HHBC I| Ah grasp the dire dagger and couch the fell spear | A |
| If vengeance and death to thy bosom be dear | A |
| The dastard shall perish death s torment shall prove | B |
| For fate and revenge are decreed from above | C |
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| Ah where is the hero whose nerves strung by youth | D |
| Will defend the firm cause of justice and truth | D |
| With insatiate desire whose bosom shall swell | E |
| To give up the oppressor to judgement and Hell | E |
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| For him shall the fair one twine chaplets of bays | F |
| To him shall each warrior give merited praise | F |
| And triumphant returned from the clangour of arms | G |
| He shall find his reward in his loved maiden's charms | G |
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| In ecstatic confusion the warrior shall sip | H |
| The kisses that glow on his love's dewy lip | H |
| And mutual eternal embraces shall prove | B |
| The rewards of the brave are the transports of love | C |
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| OCTOBER | I |
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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