Light Sounds The Harp Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDEEDABABFGFGHH IJKILGLG| Light sounds the harp when the combat is over | A |
| When heroes are resting and joy is in bloom | B |
| When laurels hang loose from the brow of the lover | A |
| And Cupid makes wings of the warrior's plume | B |
| But when the foe returns | C |
| Again the hero burns | C |
| High flames the sword in his hand once more | D |
| The clang of mingling arms | E |
| Is then the sound that charms | E |
| And brazen notes of war that stirring trumpets pour | D |
| Then again comes the Harp when the combat is over | A |
| When heroes are resting and Joy is in bloom | B |
| When laurels hang loose from the brow of the lover | A |
| And Cupid makes wings of the warrior's plume | B |
| Light went the harp when the War God reclining | F |
| Lay lulled on the white arm of Beauty to rest | G |
| When round his rich armor the myrtle hung twining | F |
| And flights of young doves made his helmet their nest | G |
| But when the battle came | H |
| The hero's eye breathed flame | H |
| Soon from his neck the white arm was flung | I |
| While to his waking ear | J |
| No other sounds were dear | K |
| But brazen notes of war by thousand trumpets sung | I |
| But then came the light harp when danger was ended | L |
| And Beauty once more lulled the War God to rest | G |
| When tresses of gold with his laurels lay blended | L |
| And flights of young doves made his helmet their nest | G |
Thomas Moore
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