The Dream Of The Two Sisters. From Dante Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABACADADED EDE F FAFABDBDCBCB BGBGEBEBEHEH| Nell ora credo che dell'oriente | A |
| Prima raggio nel monte Citerea | B |
| Che di fuoco d'amor par sempre dente | A |
| Giovane e bella in sogno mi parea | B |
| Donna vedere andar per una landa | A |
| Cogliendo flori e cantando dicea | C |
| Sappia qualunque'l mio nome dimanda | A |
| Ch'io mi son Lia e vo movendo 'ntorno | D |
| Le belle mani a farmi una ghirlanda | A |
| Per piacermi allo specchio qui m'adorno | D |
| Ma mia suora Rachel mai non si smaga | E |
| Dal suo ammiraglio e siede tutto il giorno | D |
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| Ell' de'suoi begli occhi veder vaga | E |
| Com' io dell'adornarmi con le mani | D |
| Lei lo vodere e me l'ovrare appaga | E |
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| DANTE Purg Canto xxvii | F |
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| 'Twas eve's soft hour and bright above | F |
| The star of beauty beamed | A |
| While lulled by light so full of love | F |
| In slumber thus I dreamed | A |
| Methought at that sweet hour | B |
| A nymph came o'er the lea | D |
| Who gathering many a flower | B |
| Thus said and sung to me | D |
| Should any ask what Leila loves | C |
| Say thou To wreathe her hair | B |
| With flowerets culled from glens and groves | C |
| Is Leila's only care | B |
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| While thus in quest of flowers rare | B |
| O'er hill and dale I roam | G |
| My sister Rachel far more fair | B |
| Sits lone and mute at home | G |
| Before her glass untiring | E |
| With thoughts that never stray | B |
| Her own bright eyes admiring | E |
| She sits the live long day | B |
| While I oh seldom even a look | E |
| Of self salutes my eye | H |
| My only glass the limpid brook | E |
| That shines and passes by | H |
Thomas Moore
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