A Summer Evening Scene In Chateauguay Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCBDBD EFEFBCBC BGBGHIHI EJEJBKBK HLMLNONO EPEPEQEBWritten 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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