Mary's Evening Sigh Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFGHDIDI JKLKMNMN OPOPBQBR DSDSFMFM| How bright with pearl the western sky | A |
| How glorious far and wide | B |
| Yon lines of golden clouds that lie | A |
| So peaceful side by side | B |
| Their deep'ning tints the arch of light | C |
| All eyes with rapture see | D |
| E'en while I sigh I bless the sight | C |
| That lures my love from me | D |
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| Green hill that shad'st the valley here | E |
| Thou bear'st upon thy brow | F |
| The only wealth to Mary dear | G |
| And all she'll ever know | H |
| There in the crimson light I see | D |
| Above thy summit rise | I |
| My Edward's form he looks to me | D |
| A statue in the skies | I |
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| Descend my love the hour is come | J |
| Why linger on the hill | K |
| The sun hath left my quiet home | L |
| But thou canst see him still | K |
| Yet why a lonely wanderer stray | M |
| Alone the joy pursue | N |
| The glories of the closing day | M |
| Can charm thy Mary too | N |
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| Dear Edward when we stroll'd along | O |
| Beneath the waving corn | P |
| And both confess'd the power of song | O |
| And bless'd the dewy morn | P |
| Your eye o'erflow'd How sweet you cried | B |
| My presence then could move | Q |
| How sweet with Mary by my side | B |
| To gaze and talk of love | R |
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| Thou art not false that cannot be | D |
| Yet I my rivals deem | S |
| Each woodland charm the moss the tree | D |
| The silence and the stream | S |
| Whate'er my love detains thee now | F |
| I'll yet forgive thy stay | M |
| But with to morrow's dawn come thou | F |
| We'll brush the dews away | M |
Robert Bloomfield
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Mary's Evening Sigh is a poem by Robert Bloomfield. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.