Malham Cove Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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There is threat in the wind and a murmurA
of water that swellsB
Swift in the hollow about meC
a shadow is thrownD
For above is no valley sequesteredE
in shy green dellsB
But abrupt sky closing a wallF
and a vastness of stoneD
Did the rock split asunder with agesB
or suddenly smoteE
The hand of a God on the mountainG
for under the faceB
Of the imminent height at the humidE
and cold rock baseB
From out of the dungeoned recessesB
the cavernous throatE
Disimprisoned there bursts not a rillH
not a trickle of sprayI
But broad in its gushing and fullJ
and sweeping apaceB
A river arisen that dancesB
in laughter awayI
-
Builded aloof unscaleableJ
towering starkK
To the fugitive cloud and the blueJ
O Soul of the RockL
Silent remote as the moonM
that will'st not to harkK
To the cry of the lamb on the precipiceB
lost from the flockL
If thou suffer the pine in thy crannyC
that dizzily clingsB
Small seen as a fern or a thicketE
of obstinate thornN
'Tis disdain that neglects them O ratherA
a scorning of scornN
Unheedful of them as of thoseB
irresistible springsB
Gushing out from beneath thee unheardE
as the cry of the birdE
That skims from the shadow and hoversB
a flashing of wingsB
Mid the flush and the greening of AprilJ
thou standest unstirredE
-
As a desert uplifted a desertE
where bones rot and bleachO
As a barrenness knowing not changeP
nor date nor eventE
As a strength without speech without motionG
yet stronger than speechO
A bulk without feature a winterA
of force long spentE
And neither is hope nor terrorA
nor weakness thereQ
But a pressure and weight of oblivionG
where no man is knownD
Nor feature from feature distinguishedE
but all overthrownD
pageR
Like the rampart of Time that confronts usB
enormous and bareQ
Immuring the dream and the visionG
whereby we have breathS
Like Night and the end of the lightE
to them that despairQ
I stand in thy shadow and fear theeC
thou greatness of DeathS
-
Come away come away There is lightE
in the water that glidesB
Come away with the water that hastesB
from the heart of the hillsB
A sinuous ripple that singsB
and that nowhere abidesB
But broken a murmuring sparkleJ
on ledges and sillsB
Of the rock as it swerves carries in itE
a wavering fireA
Like a thought like a joy that no barrierA
stays from its flightE
Or a dance of young children that carolJ
their heart of delightE
For it calls to the bud to burst openG
the blade to thrust higherA
To my heart to my heart it is callingT
O follow for hereU
Is thine own spirit quick and enamouredE
of love and of lightE
O follow my swiftness and stay notE
in shadows of fear ''-
-
On beds in the valley on sunnyC
half islanded banksB
Where roots are athirst and refreshedE
and saplings grow boldE
Bowing their youth to the breezesB
in quivering ranksB
Primroses a cluster of softnessB
and fragrance unfoldE
And the fairy anemone shakingT
her blossoms agleamV
They are kisses of light as they trembleJ
to touch and to partE
Is flushed ah how faint as with fireA
from the innermost heartE
Of a world in whose veins is a laughterA
as clear as the streamV
And the music upholds me enchants meC
and borne like a waveW
I am melted I flow I am noughtE
but a hope and a dreamV
And in me is the youth of the flowersB
and grief in her graveW
-
Sudden a gust flings a shadowE
and shivering the blackX
Driven leaves at the roots of the oak treeC
are whirled up and lostE
Like the wild thoughts of fear into darknessB
and strong boughs crackX
And a gloom rushes down with a wailingT
and out of it tossedE
Pale snow is outshaken and hailJ
drops icily keenY
On young leaf and dead and awakenedE
in tree tops aloudE
Is the roar of the storm that has gatheredE
the hills in a shroudE
Until naught of the towering rockL
but in glimmers is seenY
A vision unfeatured a phantomZ
of terrible birthA2
Is it thou that appearest a presenceB
divined in the cloudE
Thy ribs and thy knees and thy breastsB
O Titaness EarthA2
-
Is it thine the great voice that confusesB
the winds and the floodsB
In a meaningless cry as of madmenG
a blindness of wrathB2
Smiting the bosses of oakC2
and the virginal budsB
Negligent where thou hast beatenG
thy desolate swathD2
O thou who hast armed as for battleJ
thy creatures wildE
With fierceness of claw and of fangE2
of hoof and of hornN
From thee even thee from thy heart beatE
was man too bornN
With flesh like a flower defencelessB
is he thy childE
In whose eyes are wonder and troubleJ
who strikes yet the wrongF2
He has done he turns from againG2
and with sorrow is tornN
How shall his heart be as thineH2
or in thy way strongF2
-
For who that is born of a womanG
has known not the hourA
When the spirit within him is dauntedE
and this world comesB
As an army against him a terrorA
of alien powerA
And fate too vast to be borneN
his courage benumbsB
Lost he seems as a childE
upon mountains aloneD
Who has longed not then with longingT
for a strength past painI2
To endure the rending of sorrowE
that makes hope vainI2
To be kneaded in iron and stubbornedE
in armour of stoneD
That hour when the heavens are shakenG
within the mindE
And the world is an enemy armedE
have I not knownD
For the strength of the stony mountainG
have I not pinedE
-
But lo on a sudden with sighingT
the storm ends nowJ2
In a radiant relenting goldenG
the light reappearsB
With a glory of drops that are dancingT
on leaf and on boughJ2
And a music a wandering musicK2
returns to my earsB
From the primrose is breathing a freshnessB
and wild shy smellsB
From the moss where the snowflake is meltedE
to dazzling dewE
And the voice of the birds on the banksB
is uplifted anewE
To the carolling voice of the riverA
that onward swellsB
Onward away where the budsB
gleam white on the treeC
The rain and the gloom are forgottenG
in heaven's young blueE
And my heart flows out with the riverA
the river with meC
-
In a trance in a trance I listenG
and into my soulJ
As it draws far back to a stillnessB
darkly storedE
With infinite sound gatherA
and gradual rollJ
The voices of all the torrentsB
on earth outpouredE
We tarry not rest not sleep not ''-
aloud they cryL2
We are swift as the hours that crumbleJ
thy strength into dustE
We build thee no home nor a fortressB
wherein to trustE
But in us is the sound of dominionG
falling from highL2
And the kings of the world dethronedE
and towers laid bareQ
We move we are ever beyondE
we change we dieL2
We laugh we live to followE
wilt thou too dare ''-
-
How shall I not go with youE
O waters swiftE
Too long in yesterday's selfM2
I tarry and keepN2
The dust of the world about meC
Uplift upliftE
Lose me a wave in the wavesB
that laugh and leapN2
Lo into uttermost timeO2
my thoughts I sendE
And because in my heart is a flowingT
no hour can bindE
Because through the wrongs of the worldE
looking forth and behindE
I find for my thought not a closeB
for my soul not an endE
With you will I follow nor craveW
the strength of the strongF2
Nor a fortress of time to enshield meC
from storms that rendE
This is life this is home to be pouredE
as a stream as a songF2

Robert Laurence Binyon



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