To A Lady Who Had Been Singing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCB EAEA FGFG HIHI JKJK DLDLThe spirit harp within the breast | A |
A spirit's touch alone can know | B |
Yet thine the power to wake its rest | A |
And bid its echoing numbers flow | B |
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Yes and thy minstrel art the while | C |
Can blend the tones of weal and we | D |
So archly that the heart may smile | C |
Though bright unbidden tear drops flow | B |
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And thus thy wizard skill can weave | E |
Music's soft twilight o'er the breast | A |
As mingling day and night at eve | E |
Robe the far purpling hills for rest | A |
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Thy voice is treasured in my soul | F |
And echoing memory shall prolong | G |
Those woman tones whose sweet control | F |
Melts joy and sorrow into song | G |
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The tinted sea shell borne away | H |
Far from the ocean's pebbly shore | I |
Still loves to hum the choral lay | H |
The whispering mermaid taught of yore | I |
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The hollow cave that once hath known | J |
Echo's lone voice can ne'er forget | K |
But gives though parting years have flown | J |
The wild responsive cadence yet | K |
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So shall thy plaintive melody | D |
Undying linger in my heart | L |
Till the last string of memory | D |
By death's chill finger struck shall part | L |
Sam G. Goodrich
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