Darling Daughter Of Babylon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJKLK MNONPQRQ STUTVWXW MYZYA2B2C2B2| Too soon you wearied of our tears | A |
| And then you danced with spangled feet | B |
| Leading Belshazzar's chattering court | C |
| A tinkling through the shadowy street | B |
| With mead they came with chants of shame | D |
| DESIRE'S red flag before them flew | E |
| And Istar's music moved your mouth | F |
| And Baal's deep shames rewoke in you | E |
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| Now you could drive the royal car | G |
| Forget our Nation's breaking load | H |
| Now you could sleep on silver beds | I |
| Bitter and dark was our abode | H |
| And so for many a night you laughed | J |
| And knew not of my hopeless prayer | K |
| Till God's own spirit whipped you forth | L |
| From Istar's shrine from Istar's stair | K |
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| Darling daughter of Babylon | M |
| Rose by the black Euphrates flood | N |
| Again your beauty grew more dear | O |
| Than my slave's bread than my heart's blood | N |
| We sang of Zion good to know | P |
| Where righteousness and peace abide | Q |
| What of your second sacrilege | R |
| Carousing at Belshazzar's side | Q |
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| Once by a stream we clasped tired hands | S |
| Your paint and henna washed away | T |
| Your place you said was with the slaves | U |
| Who sewed the thick cloth night and day | T |
| You were a pale and holy maid | V |
| Toil bound with us One night you said | W |
| Your God shall be my God until | X |
| I slumber with the patriarch dead | W |
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| Pardon daughter of Babylon | M |
| If on this night remembering | Y |
| Our lover walks under the walls | Z |
| Of hanging gardens in the spring | Y |
| A venom comes from broken hope | A2 |
| From memories of your comrade song | B2 |
| Until I curse your painted eyes | C2 |
| And do your flower mouth too much wrong | B2 |
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