The Dark River Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII JKLKMM DNDBOO GMGPQQ RSRSTT UVUVWW XMXPYW| Across the mountains and the hills | A |
| Across the valleys and the swelling seas | B |
| By lakes and rivers whose deep murmur fills | A |
| Earth's dreams with sweet prophetic melodies | B |
| Together have we come unto this place | C |
| And here we say farewell a little space | C |
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| You backward turning through the land | D |
| To tarry 'mid its beauty yet awhile | E |
| I o'er the River to another strand | D |
| With cheerful heart so part we with a smile | E |
| Shall space have any power o'er god like souls | F |
| Love shall bridge o'er the stream that 'twixt us rolls | F |
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| Together wend we to the tide | G |
| And as the first wave wets my foot we part | H |
| E'en now methinks I see the other side | G |
| And though the stream be swift a steady heart | H |
| And stalwart arm shall quell its cold dark waves | I |
| Faith falters not e'en when the tempest raves | I |
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| Dark stream flowing so blackly on | J |
| Thy turbid billows roll o'er golden sands | K |
| Beneath the surface all thy fear is gone | L |
| And precious gems fill full the diver's hands | K |
| Yet how the heart lists breathless for the roar | M |
| Of billows plashing on the other shore | M |
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| The other shore Oh thou dim Land | D |
| Hid by faint mists from the spent swimmer's eyes | N |
| Until upon the sloping bank he stand | D |
| Mute in the light of Eden mysteries | B |
| Thou golden Ophir of Youth's spirit dream | O |
| Shall I then reach thee through this turbid stream | O |
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| Friend quail not This same gloomy tide | G |
| Rolling its fearful breakers to the shore | M |
| Shall be transform'd upon the other side | G |
| Into the crystal Life stream shaded o'er | P |
| By Paradisal groves whose mellow fruit | Q |
| Shall heal the sorrows of the destitute | Q |
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| These ghostly vapours brooding low | R |
| Shall melt to sunny glories o'er my head | S |
| And through them shall the golden city glow | R |
| Whither I hasten singing angel led | S |
| Friend there is but a cloud veil 'twixt us and the light | T |
| One step beyond and Heaven is in our sight | T |
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| Now the stream laps my vesture hem | U |
| Back thou from my sad bosom to the world | V |
| Leaving me here this current cold to stem | U |
| Soon from thy sight shall I be swiftly whirl'd | V |
| Into the mystic darkness never fear | W |
| God's hand shall guide me unto vision clear | W |
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| Already thou art growing dim | X |
| And distant on the fast receding shore | M |
| The tide is strong but still I trust in Him | X |
| And know that I shall safely struggle o'er | P |
| For now the plash on yonder shore I hear | Y |
| Amid sweet angel voices calm and clear | W |
Walter R. Cassels
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