The Truants Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DBCB EBCB FBCB GBCB| Ere my heart beats too coldly and faintly | A |
| To remember sad things yet be gay | B |
| I would sing a brief song of the world's little children | C |
| Magic hath stolen away | B |
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| The primroses scattered by April | D |
| The stars of the wide Milky Way | B |
| Cannot outnumber the hosts of the children | C |
| Magic hath stolen away | B |
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| The buttercup green of the meadows | E |
| The snow of the blossoming may | B |
| Lovelier are not than the legions of children | C |
| Magic hath stolen away | B |
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| The waves tossing surf in the moonbeam | F |
| The albatross lone on the spray | B |
| Alone know the tears wept in vain for the children | C |
| Magic hath stolen away | B |
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| In vain for at hush of the evening | G |
| When the stars twinkle into the grey | B |
| Seems to echo the far away calling of children | C |
| Magic hath stolen away | B |
Walter De La Mare
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