Constantinople - Dhji-han-ghir. For H.n Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCBCB BDBDBDBD EFEFDFDF BGBGBGBG DHDHAHIH| For years it had been neglected | A |
| This wilderness garden of ours | B |
| And its ruin had shone reflected | A |
| In its pools through abandoned hours | B |
| For none had cared for its beauty | C |
| Till we came the strangers the Giaours | B |
| And none had thought of a duty | C |
| Towards its squandering flowers | B |
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| Of broken wells and fountains | B |
| There were half a dozen or more | D |
| And beyond the sea the mountains | B |
| Of that far Bithynian shore | D |
| Were blue in the purple distance | B |
| And white was the cap they wore | D |
| And never in our existence | B |
| Had life seemed brighter before | D |
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| And the fruit trees grew in profusion | E |
| Quince and pomegranate and wine | F |
| And the roses in rich confusion | E |
| With the lilac intertwine | F |
| And the Banksia rose the creeper | D |
| Which is golden like yellow wine | F |
| Is surely more gorgeous and deeper | D |
| In this garden of mine and thine | F |
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| And the little bright flowers in the grasses | B |
| Cyclamen daffodil | G |
| Are crushed by the foot that passes | B |
| But seem to grow thicker still | G |
| In the cool grey fig tree's shadows | B |
| They grow at their own free will | G |
| In the grass as in English meadows | B |
| On the slope of an English hill | G |
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| Is it best when the lone flute player | D |
| Wanders by with his strange little tune | H |
| And the muezzin sings out for prayer | D |
| Thrice daily his Arabic rune | H |
| Once when the sunset has faded | A |
| Once in the brilliant noon | H |
| Or once in the daybreak rose shaded | I |
| A farewell to the dying moon | H |
Victoria Mary Sackville-west
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