On Hearing The Princess Royal Sing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DCDC EFEF GHGH IJIJ BCBC KLKL CMCM CNCN OPQP MEME| In thine abode so high | A |
| Where yet one scarce can breathe | B |
| Dear child most tenderly | C |
| A soft song thou dost wreathe | B |
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| Thou singest little girl | D |
| Thy sire the King is he | C |
| Around thee glories whirl | D |
| But all things sigh in thee | C |
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| Thy thought may seek not wings | E |
| Of speech dear love's forbidden | F |
| Thy smiles those heavenly things | E |
| Being faintly born are chidden | F |
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| Thou feel'st poor little Bride | G |
| A hand unknown and chill | H |
| Clasp thine from out the wide | G |
| Deep shade so deathly still | H |
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| Thy sad heart wingless weak | I |
| Is sunk in this black shade | J |
| So deep thy small hands seek | I |
| Vainly the pulse God made | J |
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| Thou art yet but highness thou | B |
| That shaft be majesty | C |
| Though still on thy fair brow | B |
| Some faint dawn flush may be | C |
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| Child unto armies dear | K |
| Even now we mark heaven's light | L |
| Dimmed with the fume and fear | K |
| And glory of battle might | L |
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| Thy godfather is he | C |
| Earth's Pope he hails thee child | M |
| Passing armed men you see | C |
| Like unarmed women mild | M |
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| As saint all worship thee | C |
| Thyself even hast the strong | N |
| Thrill of divinity | C |
| Mingled with thy small song | N |
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| Each grand old warrior | O |
| Guards thee submissive proud | P |
| Mute thunders at thy door | Q |
| Sleep that shall wake most loud | P |
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| Around thee foams the wild | M |
| Bright sea the lot of kings | E |
| Happier wert thou my child | M |
| I' the woods a bird that sings | E |
Victor Marie Hugo
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