Ballade Of Love's Cloister Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCDC ABABBCDC ABADDCBC E BCBC| Had I the gold that some so vainly spend | A |
| For my lost loves a temple would I raise | B |
| A shrine for each dear name there should ascend | A |
| Incense for ever and hymns of golden praise | B |
| And I would live the remnant of my days | B |
| Where hallowed windows cast their painted gleams | C |
| At prayer before each consecrated face | D |
| Kneeling within that cloister of old dreams | C |
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| And each fair altar like a priest I'd tend | A |
| Trimming the tapers to a constant blaze | B |
| And to each lovely and beloved friend | A |
| Garlands I'd bring and virginal soft sprays | B |
| From April's bodice and moon breasted May's | B |
| And there should be a sound for ever of streams | C |
| And birds 'mid happy leaves in that still place | D |
| Kneeling within that cloister of old dreams | C |
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| O'er missals of hushed memories would I bend | A |
| And thrilling scripts of bosom scented phrase | B |
| Telling of love that never hath an end | A |
| And sacred relics of wonder working grace | D |
| Strands of bright hair and tender webs of lace | D |
| Press to my lips until the Present seems | C |
| The Past again to my ensorcelled gaze | B |
| Kneeling within that cloister of old dreams | C |
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| ENVOI | E |
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| Princesses unforgot your lover lays | B |
| His heart upon your altars and he deems | C |
| He treads again the fair love haunted ways | B |
| Kneeling within that cloister of old dreams | C |
Richard Le Gallienne
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