There Is A Bleak Desert. (air.--crescentini.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABC DDAEF GGAHH IIAJK| There is a bleak Desert where daylight grows weary | A |
| Of wasting its smile on a region so dreary | A |
| What may that Desert be | A |
| 'Tis Life cheerless Life where the few joys that come | B |
| Are lost like that daylight for 'tis not their home | C |
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| There is a lone Pilgrim before whose faint eyes | D |
| The water he pants for but sparkles and flies | D |
| Who may that Pilgrim be | A |
| 'Tis Man hapless Man thro' this life tempted on | E |
| By fair shining hopes that in shining are gone | F |
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| There is a bright Fountain thro' that Desert stealing | G |
| To pure lips alone its refreshment revealing | G |
| What may that Fountain be | A |
| 'Tis Truth holy Truth that like springs under ground | H |
| By the gifted of Heaven alone can be found | H |
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| There is a fair Spirit whose wand hath the spell | I |
| To point where those waters in secrecy dwell | I |
| Who may that Spirit be | A |
| 'Tis Faith humble Faith who hath learned that where'er | J |
| Her wand bends to worship the Truth must be there | K |
Thomas Moore
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