At First. To Charlotte Cushman. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEG HIHI JCJC KLKL MNMN OPOP CQCQ| My crippled sense fares bow'd along | A |
| His uncompanioned way | B |
| And wronged by death pays life with wrong | A |
| And I wake by night and dream by day | B |
| - | |
| And the Morning seems but fatigued Night | C |
| That hath wept his visage pale | D |
| And the healthy mark 'twixt dark and light | C |
| In sickly sameness out doth fail | D |
| - | |
| And the woods stare strange and the wind is dumb | E |
| O Wind pray talk again | F |
| And the Hand of the Frost spreads stark and numb | E |
| As Death's on the deadened window pane | G |
| - | |
| Still dumb thou Wind old voluble friend | H |
| And the middle of the day is cold | I |
| And the heart of eve beats lax i' the end | H |
| As a legend's climax poorly told | I |
| - | |
| Oh vain the up straining of the hands | J |
| In the chamber late at night | C |
| Oh vain the complainings the hot demands | J |
| The prayers for a sound the tears for a sight | C |
| - | |
| No word from over the starry line | K |
| No motion felt in the dark | L |
| And never a day gives ever a sign | K |
| Or a dream sets seal with palpable mark | L |
| - | |
| And O my God how slight it were | M |
| How nothing thou All to thee | N |
| That a kiss or a whisper might fall from her | M |
| Down by the way of Time to me | N |
| - | |
| Or some least grace of the body of love | O |
| Mere wafture of floating by | P |
| Mere sense of unseen smiling above | O |
| Mere hint sincere of a large blue eye | P |
| - | |
| Mere dim receipt of sad delight | C |
| From Nearness warm in the air | Q |
| What time with the passing of the night | C |
| She also passed somehow somewhere | Q |
Sidney Lanier
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About At First. To Charlotte Cushman.
At First. To Charlotte Cushman. is a poem by Sidney Lanier. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about At First. To Charlotte Cushman. poem by Sidney Lanier
Best Poems of Sidney Lanier
