The Fairy Clock Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE AAA FFF| Silver clock O silver clock tell to me the time o' day | A |
| Is there yet a little hour left for us to work and play | A |
| Tell me when the sun will set tiny globe of silver grey | A |
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| It has been so glad a world since the coming of the morn | B |
| Oft I wondered when I met any souls who seemed forlorn | B |
| And I scarce gave heed to those who were old or travel worn | B |
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| Mayhap I have loved too well the merry fleeting things | C |
| Run too lightly with the wind chased too many shining wings | C |
| Thought too seldom of the night and the silence that it brings | C |
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| Well I fear me I have been but an idler in the sun | D |
| All unfinished are the tasks long and long ago begun | D |
| In the dark perchance they weep who have left their work undone | D |
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| And I know each black frocked friar preacheth sermons that alas | E |
| Fain would halt the dancing feet of those careless ones who pass | E |
| Down a sweet and primrose path through the ribbons of the grass | E |
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| Silver clock O Silver clock It was only yesterday | A |
| Dandelions flecked the field starry bright and gold and gay | A |
| You are but the ghost of one little globe of silver grey | A |
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| Tell me tell me of the hour for there is so much to do | F |
| Is it early Is it late Fairy clock tell me true | F |
| As I blow you down the wind out upon a road of blue | F |
Virna Sheard
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