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Rokeby: Canto V. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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I	A
The sultry summer day is done	B
The western hills have hid the sun	B
But mountain peak and village spire	C
Retain reflection of his fire	D
Old Barnard's towers are purple still	E
To those that gaze from Toller hill	E
Distant and high the tower of Bowes	F
Like steel upon the anvil glows	F
And Stanmore's ridge behind that lay	G
Rich with the spoils of parting day	G
In crimson and in gold array'd	H
Streaks yet awhile the closing shade	H
Then slow resigns to darkening heaven	B
The tints which brighter hours had given	B
Thus aged men full loth and slow	I
The vanities of life forego	I
And count their youthful follies o'er	D
Till Memory lends her light no more	J
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II	A
The eve that slow on upland fades	K
Has darker closed on Rokeby's glades	K
Where sunk within their banks profound	L
Her guardian streams to meeting wound	L
The stately oaks whose sombre frown	M
Of noontide made a twilight brown	M
Impervious now to fainter light	N
Of twilight make an early night	N
Hoarse into middle air arose	F
The vespers of the roosting crows	F
And with congenial murmurs seem	O
To wake the Genii of the stream	O
For louder clamour'd Greta's tide	P
And Tees in deeper voice replied	P
And fitful waked the evening wind	Q
Fitful in sighs its breath resign'd	Q
Wilfrid whose fancy nurtured soul	R
Felt in the scene a soft control	R
With lighter footstep press'd the ground	L
And often paused to look around	L
And though his path was to his love	S
Could not but linger in the grove	T
To drink the thrilling interest dear	U
Of awful pleasure check'd by fear	U
Such inconsistent moods have we	V
Even when our passions strike the key	V
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III	A
Now through the wood's dark mazes past	W
The opening lawn he reach'd at last	W
Where silver'd by the moonlight ray	G
The ancient Hall before him lay	G
Those martial terrors long were fled	X
That frown'd of old around its head	X
The battlements the turrets gray	G
Seem'd half abandon'd to decay	G
On barbican and keep of stone	Y
Stern Time the foeman's work had done	B
Where banners the invader braved	Z
The harebell now and wallflower waved	Z
In the rude guard room where of yore	J
Their weary hours the warders wore	J
Now while the cheerful fagots blaze	A2
On the paved floor the spindle plays	A2
The flanking guns dismounted lie	A
The moat is ruinous and dry	A
The grim portcullis gone and all	B2
The fortress turn'd to peaceful Hall	B2
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IV	T
But yet precautions lately ta'en	C2
Show'd danger's day revived again	C2
The court yard wall show'd marks of care	D2
The fall'n defences to repair	D2
Lending such strength as might withstand	E2
The insult of marauding band	E2
The beams once more were taught to bear	D2
The trembling drawbridge into air	D2
And not till question'd o'er and o'er	D
For Wilfrid oped the jealous door	J
And when he entered bolt and bar	F2
Resumed their place with sullen jar	F2
Then as he cross'd the vaulted porch	G2
The old grey porter raised his torch	G2
And view'd him o'er from foot to head	X
Ere to the hall his steps he led	X
That huge old hall of nightly state	H2
Dismantled seem'd and desolate	I2
The moon through transom shafts of stone	Y
Which cross'd the latticed oriels shone	Y
And by the mournful light she gave	T
The Gothic vault seem'd funeral cave	T
Pennon and banner waved no more	J
O'er beams of stag and tusks of boar	J
Nor glimmering arms were marshall'd seen	J2
To glance those sylvan spoils between	J2
Those arms those ensigns borne away	G
Accomplish'd Rokeby's brave array	G
But all were lost on Marston's day	G
Yet here and there the moonbeams fall	B2
Where armour yet adorns the wall	B2
Cumbrous of size uncouth to sight	N
And useless in the modern fight	N
Like veteran relic of the wars	K2
Known only by neglected scars	L2
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V	T
Matilda soon to greet him came	M2
And bade them light the evening flame	M2
Said all for parting was prepared	N2
And tarried but for Wilfrid's guard	O2
But then reluctant to unfold	P2
His father's avarice of gold	P2
He hinted that lest jealous eye	A
Should on their precious burden pry	A
He judged it best the castle gate	H2
To enter when the night wore late	H2
And therefore he had left command	E2
With those he trusted of his band	E2
That they should be at Rokeby met	Q2
What time the midnight watch was set	Q2
Now Redmond came whose anxious care	D2
Till then was busied to prepare	D2
All needful meetly to arrange	R2
The mansion for its mournful change	R2
With Wilfrid's care and kindness pleased	S2
His cold unready hand he seized	S2
And press'd it till his kindly strain	T2
The gentle youth return'd again	C2
Seem'd as between them this was said	X
'Awhile let jealousy be dead	X
And let our contest be whose care	D2
Shall best assist this helpless fair '	-
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VI	A
There was no speech the truce to bind	Q
It was a compact of the mind	Q
A generous thought at once impress'd	U2
On either rival's generous breast	U2
Matilda well the secret took	V2
From sudden change of mien and look	V2
And for not small had been her fear	U
Of jealous ire and danger near	U
Felt even in her dejected state	H2
A joy beyond the reach of fate	H2
They closed beside the chimney's blaze	A2
And talk'd and hoped for happier days	A2
And lent their spirits' rising glow	I
Awhile to gild impending woe	I
High privilege of youthful time	W2
Worth all the pleasures of our prime	W2
The bickering fagot sparkled bright	N
And gave the scene of love to sight	N
Bade Wilfrid's cheek more lively glow	I
Play'd on Matilda's neck of snow	I
Her nut brown curls and forehead high	A
And laugh'd in Redmond's azure eye	A
Two lovers by the maiden sate	H2
Without a glance of jealous hate	H2
The maid her lovers sat between	J2
With open brow and equal mien	J2
It is a sight but rarely spied	P
Thanks to man's wrath and woman's pride	P
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VI	A
While thus in peaceful guise they sate	H2
A knock alarm'd the outer gate	H2
And ere the tardy porter stirr'd	X2
The tinkling of a harp was heard	X2
A manly voice of mellow swell	Y2
Bore burden to the music well	Y2
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SONG	Z2
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'Summer eve is gone and past	W
Summer dew is falling fast	W
I have wander'd all the day	G
Do not bid me farther stray	G
Gentle hearts of gentle kin	A3
Take the wandering harper in '	-
	-
But the stern porter answer gave	T
With 'Get thee hence thou strolling knave	T
The king wants soldiers war I trow	I
Were meeter trade for such as thou '	-
At this unkind reproof again	C2
Answer'd the ready Minstrel's strain	T2
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SONG RESUMED	B3
Bid not me in battle field	C3
Buckler lift or broadsword wield	C3
All my strength and all my art	D3
Is to touch the gentle heart	D3
With the wizard notes that ring	E3
From the peaceful minstrel string '	-
	-
The porter all unmoved replied	P
'Depart in peace with Heaven to guide	P
If longer by the gate thou dwell	Y2
Trust me thou shalt not part so well '	-
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VIII	T
With somewhat of appealing look	V2
The harper's part young Wilfrid took	V2
'These notes so wild and ready thrill	E
They show no vulgar minstrel's skill	E
Hard were his task to seek a home	F3
More distant since the night is come	G3
And for his faith I dare engage	H3
Your Harpool's blood is sour'd by age	H3
His gate once readily display'd	H
To greet the friend the poor to aid	H
Now even to me though known of old	P2
Did but reluctantly unfold '	-
' blame not as poor Harpool's crime	W2
An evil of this evil time	W2
He deems dependent on his care	D2
The safety of his patron's heir	D2
Nor judges meet to ope the tower	D
To guest unknown at parting hour	D
Urging his duty to excess	I3
Of rough and stubborn faithfulness	I3
For this poor harper I would fain	T2
He may relax Hark to his strain '	-
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IX	I3
SONG RESUMED	B3
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'I have song of war for knight	N
Lay of love for lady bright	N
Fairy tale to lull the heir	D2
Goblin grim the maids to scare	D2
Dark the night and long till day	G
Do not bid me farther stray	G
	-
'Rokeby's lords of martial fame	M2
I can count them name by name	M2
Legends of their line there be	T
Known to few but known to me	T
If you honour Rokeby's kin	A3
Take the wandering harper in	A3
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'Rokeby's lords had fair regard	O2
For the harp and for the bard	O2
Baron's race throve never well	Y2
Where the curse of minstrel fell	Y2
If you love that nob	T