Poet Thomas Moore

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Reuben And Rose. A Tale Of Romance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CCCC DEDE FGFG HIHI JEJE KLKL LMLF NOPO ABAB QRQR KSKS SCTC UVUV WXWX YCYC ZSA2S

The darkness that hung upon Willumberg's wallsA
Had long been remembered with awe and dismayB
For years not a sunbeam had played in its hallsA
And it seemed as shut out from the regions of dayB
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Though the valleys were brightened by many a beamC
Yet none could the woods of that castle illumeC
And the lightning which flashed on the neighboring streamC
Flew back as if fearing to enter the gloomC
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Oh when shall this horrible darkness disperseD
Said Willumberg's lord to the Seer of the CaveE
It can never dispel said the wizard of verseD
Till the bright star of chivalry sinks in the waveE
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And who was the bright star of chivalry thenF
Who could be but Reuben the flower of the ageG
For Reuben was first in the combat of menF
Though Youth had scarce written his name on her pageG
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For Willumberg's daughter his young heart had beatH
For Rose who was bright as the spirit of dawnI
When with wand dropping diamonds and silvery feetH
It walks o'er the flowers of the mountain and lawnI
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Must Rose then from Reuben so fatally severJ
Sad sad were the words of the Seer of the CaveE
That darkness should cover that castle foreverJ
Or Reuben be sunk in the merciless waveE
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To the wizard she flew saying Tell me oh tellK
Shall my Reuben no more be restored to my eyesL
Yes yes when a spirit shall toll the great bellK
Of the mouldering abbey your Reuben shall riseL
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Twice thrice he repeated Your Reuben shall riseL
And Rose felt a moment's release from her painM
And wiped while she listened the tears from her eyesL
And hoped she might yet see her hero againF
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That hero could smite at the terrors of deathN
When he felt that he died for the sire of his RoseO
To the Oder he flew and there plunging beneathP
In the depth of the billows soon found his reposeO
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How strangely the order of destiny fallsA
Not long in the waters the warrior layB
When a sunbeam was seen to glance over the wallsA
And the castle of Willumberg basked in the rayB
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All all but the soul of the maid was in lightQ
There sorrow and terror lay gloomy and blankR
Two days did she wander and all the long nightQ
In quest of her love on the wide river's bankR
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Oft oft did she pause for the toll of the bellK
And heard but the breathings of night in the airS
Long long did she gaze on the watery swellK
And saw but the foam of the white billow thereS
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And often as midnight its veil would undrawS
As she looked at the light of the moon in the streamC
She thought 'twas his helmet of silver she sawT
As the curl of the surge glittered high in the beamC
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And now the third night was begemming the skyU
Poor Rose on the cold dewy margent reclinedV
There wept till the tear almost froze in her eyeU
When hark 'twas the bell that came deep in the windV
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She startled and saw through the glimmering shadeW
A form o'er the waters in majesty glideX
She knew 'twas her love though his cheek was decayedW
And his helmet of silver was washed by the tideX
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Was this what the Seer of the Cave had foretoldY
Dim dim through the phantom the moon shot a gleamC
'Twas Reuben but ah he was deathly and coldY
And fleeted away like the spell of a dreamC
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Twice thrice did he rise and as often she thoughtZ
From the bank to embrace him but vain her endeavorS
Then plunging beneath at a billow she caughtA2
And sunk to repose on its bosom foreverS

Thomas Moore



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