An Indian Love Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEFGFHIEJ A KELECMCBB A NAOAPBQBRSMS| He | A |
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| Lift up the veils that darken the delicate moon | B |
| of thy glory and grace | C |
| Withhold not O love from the night | D |
| of my longing the joy of thy luminous face | C |
| Give me a spear of the scented keora | E |
| guarding thy pinioned curls | F |
| Or a silken thread from the fringes | G |
| that trouble the dream of thy glimmering pearls | F |
| Faint grows my soul with thy tresses' perfume | H |
| and the song of thy anklets' caprice | I |
| Revive me I pray with the magical nectar | E |
| that dwells in the flower of thy kiss | J |
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| She | A |
| - | |
| How shall I yield to the voice of thy pleading | K |
| how shall I grant thy prayer | E |
| Or give thee a rose red silken tassel | L |
| a scented leaf from my hair | E |
| Or fling in the flame of thy heart's desire the veils that cover my face | C |
| Profane the law of my father's creed for a foe | M |
| of my father's race | C |
| Thy kinsmen have broken our sacred altars and slaughtered our sacred kine | B |
| The feud of old faiths and the blood of old battles sever thy people and mine | B |
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| He | A |
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| What are the sins of my race Beloved | N |
| what are my people to thee | A |
| And what are thy shrines and kine and kindred | O |
| what are thy gods to me | A |
| Love recks not of feuds and bitter follies | P |
| of stranger comrade or kin | B |
| Alike in his ear sound the temple bells | Q |
| and the cry of the muezzin | B |
| For Love shall cancel the ancient wrong | R |
| and conquer the ancient rage | S |
| Redeem with his tears the memoried sorrow | M |
| that sullied a bygone age | S |
Sarojini Naidu
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