Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDEFFE GGHIIH JJKLMK| O STAY Madonna stay | A |
| 'Tis not the dawn of day | A |
| That marks the skies with yonder opal streak | B |
| The stars in silence shine | C |
| Then press thy lips to mine | C |
| And rest upon my neck thy fervid cheek | B |
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| O sleep Madonna sleep | D |
| Leave me to watch and weep | D |
| O'er the sad memory of departed joys | E |
| O'er hope's extinguished beam | F |
| O'er fancy's vanished dream | F |
| O'er all that nature gives and man destroys | E |
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| O wake Madonna wake | G |
| Even now the purple lake | G |
| Is dappled o'er with amber flakes of light | H |
| A glow is on the hill | I |
| And every trickling rill | I |
| In golden threads leaps down from yonder height | H |
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| O fly Madonna fly | J |
| Lest day and envy spy | J |
| What only love and night may safely know | K |
| Fly and tread softly dear | L |
| Lest those who hate us hear | M |
| The sounds of thy light footsteps as they go | K |
Thomas Babbington Macaulay
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