The Crystal Spring Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEF DDGHD IJKLJ MNOPQ RBBSB TUDNU RIDVI A WXYDX ZA2B2C2A2 DD2DKD2 E2F2G2JF2 XJH2DJ RFOAF G2I2TJ2I2 A DBK2JB DFL2M2C N2DXDD O2DG2DD P2WQ2GW

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Fair spirit of the plaining seaB
Thou heard'st Apollo's lyreC
Now folded are thy silver wingsD
Thee sunward boreE
A dream and a desireF
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Ranging the upper azure deepsD
The sunlight on thy wingsD
How blanched thy purpose as there fellG
The lightning's strokeH
And darkness on all thingsD
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In agony of rain and hailI
And phantom dance of snowJ
The chastening angels of the airK
To mountain bleakL
Consigned thee far belowJ
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There in the arms of heartless frostM
And burdened with thy trainN
The keen stars watched thy ageful wayO
Till breast of earthP
Warmed thee to life againQ
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And in thy course thou wert God's plowR
Thy furrow deep the valleyB
Of wooded walls and flowers to beB
The circling sunS
Keeps slow and sure the tallyB
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Reborn thou waitedst not far downT
The sunless caves to speedU
Thy twin lade with unfabled spoilsD
Did build the plainN
Or green the expectant meadU
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And weave the fabric forge the plowR
Bear inland steam and sailI
Or serv'dst in mines and nether realmsD
Of shadowlandV
The gnomes and genii paleI
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IIA
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O fontal wealth of hasting lifeW
By stressful toil made sweetX
Stay now thy journey here oft comeY
Wild sylvan thingsD
Here tender lovers meetX
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By day the traveller spies the pathZ
To thy o'erbending shadeA2
Drinks deep the brimming cooling waveB2
A living draughtC2
And wends his way remadeA2
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At night the one shy Pleiad dropsD
Her veil to look withinD2
Thy clear green haloed deeps and seesD
Herself more fairK
Than all her shining kinD2
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And fair with labor's healthy toilE2
Each face of yon dear homeF2
Thou'st set within the pearly blueG2
Or crocus glowJ
Of overarching domeF2
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And when return world wandering feetX
Elate or slow with sorrowJ
Thy pencil paints the changing formH2
And here clasp handsD
The yester year and morrowJ
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O bright reincarnation thouR
Though long thy heart like fireF
Burned to mount upward and awayO
To sun and skyA
A dream and a desireF
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Here here thy place and service tooG2
'Tis heaven by thee to supI2
To see the great red sun drop downT
The stars swim outJ2
O Nature's loving cupI2
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IIIA
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And here the crystal spring abidesD
Yet passes to the seaB
There to renew the broken taskK2
Of long agoJ
Now joyous task and freeB
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Fair spirit of the bourneless wavesD
Glad voice in their sad choirF
Sweeter 'mid sorrow's dirge to blendL2
The note of cheerM2
Than list Apollo's lyreC
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The sunbeams kiss the plaining deepN2
Wreathe with innumerous smilesD
The sounding waters as they meetX
While sister spritesD
Wake laughter round the islesD
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And ever as the rolling moonO2
The unanchored sea forth swingsD
The poet's ear may catch anewG2
The gladsome notesD
Notes of the crystal springsD
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And when he sits this spring besideP2
Worn with the journey's strifeW
He cannot help but think of HIMQ2
Of Jacob's wellG
FOUNT of the deathless lifeW

Theodore Harding Rand



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