The Two Birth Nights Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF CCGG HHII JJBB CCKL MMNN BBEE OOBB HHHH| Bright glittering lights are gleaming in yonder mansion proud | A |
| And within its walls are gathered a gemmed and jewelled crowd | A |
| Robes of airy gauze and satin diamonds and rubies bright | B |
| Rich festoons of glowing flowers truly tis a wondrous sight | B |
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| Time and care and gold were lavished that it might be every way | C |
| The success of all the season brilliant fashionable gay | C |
| Tis the birth night of the heiress of this splendor wealth and state | D |
| The sole child the only darling of a household of the great | D |
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| Now the strains of the fast galop on the perfumed air arise | E |
| Rosy cheeks are turning carmine brighter grow the brightest eyes | E |
| As the whirling crowds of dancers pass again and yet again | F |
| Girls coquettish silly women vapid and unmeaning men | F |
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| Tis a scene to fill the thoughtful with a silent vague dismay | C |
| And from its unholy magic we are fain to steal away | C |
| Out here in the quiet moonlight we may pause awhile and rest | G |
| Whilst the solemn stars of heaven bring back peace unto our breast | G |
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| Soft who is the fair young being she who nightly joins us now | H |
| In a robe of airy lightness and with jewels on her brow | H |
| Fair as the most fair ideal dreaming poet e er inspired | I |
| Or as lover charmed by beauty ever worshipped and admired | I |
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| Strange what means that look so weary that long drawn and painful sigh | J |
| And that gaze intense and yearning fixed upon the starlit sky | J |
| Is she not the child of fortune fortune s pet and darling bright | B |
| Yes the beauteous courted heiress heroine of the gala night | B |
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| From the crowds of ardent lovers who would beset her way | C |
| Sickened by their whispered flatt ries she has coldly turned away | C |
| And as now the thrilling music falls upon her wearied ear | K |
| She cannot resist a shudder caused by mingled hate and fear | L |
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| This is pleasure then she murmurs this is what the world calls bliss | M |
| Oh for objects less unworthy for a holier life than this | M |
| I am weary of its folly O Great Father grant my boon | N |
| From its sinful silken meshes I pray Thee free me soon | N |
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| Did He answer Now another year has passed with rapid flight | B |
| O er the crowded silent city broods the spirit of the night | B |
| In the sick wards of the convent fever stricken gasping lies | E |
| One with death s damps on his brow and its film o er his eyes | E |
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| There beside him kneels a Sister in coarse dusky robe and veil | O |
| And with gentle care she moistens those poor lips so dry and pale | O |
| Now she whispers hope and courage now she tells of Heaven bright | B |
| Thus it is the gentle heiress celebrates her next birth night | B |
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| Not a trace of weary languor rests upon that ivory brow | H |
| No vague sigh of restless yearning e er escapes her bosom now | H |
| Yet more fair and happy looks she in that simple garb I ween | H |
| Than when robed in lace and jewels she was called a ballroom s queen | H |
Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
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