Night Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAA BBB AAA CCC DDD EEE AAA FFF G| Fair is the wedded reign of Night and Day | A |
| Each rules a half of earth with different sway | A |
| Exchanging kingdoms East and West alway | A |
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| Like the round pearl that Egypt drunk in wine | B |
| The sun half sinks i' the brimming rosy brine | B |
| The wild Night drinks all up how her eyes shine | B |
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| Now the swift sail of straining life is furled | A |
| And through the stillness of my soul is whirled | A |
| The throbbing of the hearts of half the world | A |
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| I hear the cries that follow Birth and Death | C |
| I hear huge Pestilence draw his vaporous breath | C |
| Beware prepare or else ye die he saith | C |
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| I hear a haggard student turn and sigh | D |
| I hear men begging Heaven to let them die | D |
| And drowning all a wild eyed woman's cry | D |
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| So Night takes toll of Wisdom as of Sin | E |
| The student's and the drunkard's cheek is thin | E |
| But flesh is not the prize we strive to win | E |
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| Now airy swarms of fluttering dreams descend | A |
| On souls like birds on trees and have no end | A |
| O God from vulture dreams my soul defend | A |
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| Let fall on Her a rose leaf rain of dreams | F |
| All passionate sweet as are the loving beams | F |
| Of starlight on the glimmering woods and streams | F |
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| Montgomery Alabama April | G |
Sidney Lanier
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