The Rajah-s Sapphires Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IHBA BJFF KFFB LFBL HFBA LHFL MNFD FNCF LFFO FLFF FFFF PDBD PQGF LFQF FFLP PNLF BLPD FQPF PBQP FFQA| IN my garden O Beloved | A |
| Many pleasant trees are growing | B |
| Peach and apricot and apple | C |
| Myrtle lilac and laburnum | D |
| - | |
| Fair are they but midst them lonely | E |
| Like an exiled Eastern Princess | F |
| In a strange land far from kindred | G |
| Stands a lonely fair Pomegranate | H |
| - | |
| Dreaming of its native Orient | I |
| Always is the fair Pomegranate | H |
| And beneath it I lie dreaming | B |
| Of thine eyes and thee Beloved | A |
| - | |
| Overhead its red globes gleaming | B |
| Like red moons old tales recall of | J |
| Eastern moons and songs of Hafiz | F |
| Nightingales and wine and roses | F |
| - | |
| And at times it seems a mystic | K |
| Tree Circ an whose red fruit is | F |
| Broken hearts of old time lovers | F |
| Thus their secrets sad revealing | B |
| - | |
| And within each red sun cloven | L |
| Glossy globe like little rosy | F |
| Hearts within a great heart glowing | B |
| Glow translucent seeds of crimson | L |
| - | |
| Like the fruit of the Pomegranate | H |
| Full of little hearts my heart is | F |
| And the little hearts so glowing | B |
| They are thoughts of thee Beloved | A |
| - | |
| Haply these at times are woven | L |
| In with dreams of the Pomegranate | H |
| Thus perchance I dreamt the wondrous | F |
| Dream within a dream here written | L |
| - | |
| In his palace hall methought I | M |
| Saw a splendid Indian Rajah | N |
| Fame and Fortune were his vassals | F |
| But his heart was sad within him | D |
| - | |
| Round him stood his chiefs and captains | F |
| Great art thou they cried O Rajah | N |
| And thy hand is strong in battle | C |
| But he smiled not at their speeches | F |
| - | |
| Silently through his Zenana | L |
| Passed he glanced with cold and careless | F |
| Eyes at women fair as houris | F |
| Seen in visions bred of hasheesh | O |
| - | |
| Like to dawn and noon and starry | F |
| Night like all the moods of passion | L |
| Were they rose and white Circassians | F |
| Amber Hindoos dark eyed Persians | F |
| - | |
| Dancing girls with golden armlets | F |
| Golden rings around their ankles | F |
| Making music clear melodious | F |
| As the plash of crystal fountains | F |
| - | |
| Heard in still hot nights of summer | P |
| Danced the Lovers Dance before him | D |
| But he heeded not their dancing | B |
| For his heart was sad within him | D |
| - | |
| Thence unto his treasure chamber | P |
| Strode he there to gaze on gems that | Q |
| Rajahs dead had won and hoarded | G |
| Tragic storied splendid jewels | F |
| - | |
| Flashing diamonds like fallen | L |
| Stars for whose bright evil beauty | F |
| Blood in old days had been spilt that | Q |
| Should have made them burn like rubies | F |
| - | |
| Emeralds greener than Spring s garments | F |
| Pearls like unto tears of Peris | F |
| Weeping by the gates of Eden | L |
| Opals with their fateful lustre | P |
| - | |
| Long on these and countless other | P |
| Many coloured gems the Rajah | N |
| Gazed but found no more delight in | L |
| Their sun flashing brilliant beauty | F |
| - | |
| He had dreamt a dream enchanting | B |
| Of twin sapphires blue as Heaven | L |
| And his heart was filled with hunger | P |
| And with yearning to possess them | D |
| - | |
| Therefore unto his Vizier he | F |
| Told his dream and gave command that | Q |
| He should seek the wide world over | P |
| Till he found the wondrous sapphires | F |
| - | |
| Doth that sad Vizier still wander | P |
| O er the earth the sapphires seeking | B |
| Sooth I know not but I know that | Q |
| He will never find them never | P |
| - | |
| For they were no cold bright sapphires | F |
| That the Rajah in his dream saw | F |
| Waking from my dream I knew that | Q |
| They were thy blue eyes Beloved | A |
Victor James Daley
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about The Rajah-s Sapphires poem by Victor James Daley
Best Poems of Victor James Daley