A Summer Evening Scene In Chateauguay Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCBDBD EFEFBCBC BGBGHIHI EJEJBKBK HLMLNONO EPEPEQEB| Written In Montreal | A |
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| Often when the sun is sinking | B |
| O'er the mountain's glowing crest | C |
| When the earth and heaven are linking | B |
| In that bond of peaceful rest | C |
| Then the weary city spurning | B |
| On this grand repose I gaze | D |
| And my mind in fancy turning | B |
| Dwells on scenes of childhood's days | D |
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| And I float upon the river | E |
| At the selfsame time of day | F |
| When the sparkling waters quiver | E |
| 'Neath the slanting evening ray | F |
| Day's harsh memories forsaking | B |
| With its jarring and its jest | C |
| For the soul is but awaking | B |
| As the day is lulled to rest | C |
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| Glimpse of even's glory getting | B |
| As the summer sun serene | G |
| In his softened splendour setting | B |
| Gilds the spires of Ste Martine | G |
| Glimmers through the silent bushes | H |
| Glances on the birchen stems | I |
| Casts perchance his fitful blushes | H |
| On the paddle dripping gems | I |
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| And the hue of gold is deeper | E |
| On the cornfields by the stream | J |
| And the sickle of the reaper | E |
| Flashes brightly in his beam | J |
| And the fruits of late commencing | B |
| To indue their glowing tint | K |
| Richest beauty are enhancing | B |
| As they catch his gentle glint | K |
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| Now he greets the gaudy dresses | H |
| Of the lightsome Gallic maids | L |
| Rivals through their raven tresses | M |
| Eyes of jet beneath their braids | L |
| As the peasant party gathers | N |
| Gaily for the sportive dance | O |
| As of old have done their fathers | N |
| In the sunny vales of France | O |
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| But the night is falling thicker | E |
| And the twilight soon will cease | P |
| So I paddle on the quicker | E |
| Past where Beauty reigns with Peace | P |
| Where the little brooks deliver | E |
| Water laughing in its glee | Q |
| Or the murky English River | E |
| Mingles with the Chateauguay | B |
W. M. Mackeracher
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