The Night Ride Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFG HIHI JKJK LMLM NGNG CMCM OPOP QGQG RDRD

The red sun on the lonely landsA
nbsp nbsp nbsp Gazed under clouds of roseB
As one who under knitted handsA
nbsp nbsp nbsp Takes one last look and goesB
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Then Pain with her white sister FearC
nbsp nbsp nbsp Crept nearer to my bedD
The sands are running dost thou hearE
nbsp nbsp nbsp Thy sobbing heart she saidD
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There came a rider to the gateF
nbsp nbsp nbsp And stern and clear spake heG
For meat or drink thou must not waitF
nbsp nbsp nbsp But rise and ride with meG
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I waited not for meat or drinkH
nbsp nbsp nbsp Or kiss or farewell kindI
But oh my heart was sore to thinkH
nbsp nbsp nbsp Of friends I left behindI
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We rode o'er hills that seemed to sweepJ
nbsp nbsp nbsp Skyward like swelling wavesK
The living stirred not in their sleepJ
nbsp nbsp nbsp The dead slept in their gravesK
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And ever as we rode I heardL
nbsp nbsp nbsp A moan of anguish soreM
No voice of man or beast or birdL
nbsp nbsp nbsp But all of these and moreM
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Is it the moaning of the EarthN
nbsp nbsp nbsp Dark Rider answer meG
It is the cry of life at birthN
nbsp nbsp nbsp He answered quietlyG
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But thou canst turn a face of cheerC
nbsp nbsp nbsp To good days still in storeM
Thou needst not care for Pain or FearC
nbsp nbsp nbsp They cannot harm thee moreM
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Yet I rode on with sullen heartO
nbsp nbsp nbsp And said with breaking breathP
If thou art he I think thou artO
nbsp nbsp nbsp Then slay me now O DeathP
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The veil was from my eyesight drawnQ
nbsp nbsp nbsp Thou knowest now said heG
I am the Angel of the DawnQ
nbsp nbsp nbsp Ride back and wait for meG
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So I rode back at morning lightR
nbsp nbsp nbsp And there beside my bedD
Fear had become a lily whiteR
nbsp nbsp nbsp And Pain a rose of redD

Victor James Daley



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