Acon And Rhodope Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGGHGIJKGLMGH GNOPQRSTUAGVG WRXGGGYZA2B2C2 D2E2RGGGF2G2 H2GGGLJI2C2 GOGA D2J2 GA2D2JGG GD2K2L2QA2RGD2GGA2 GL2GM2GUGN2GUO2GP2GQ 2XR2GGGGS2UT2U2GG GGGUIGG GGGU

The Year's twelve daughters had in turn gone byA
Of measured pace tho' varying mien all twelveB
Some froward some sedater some adorn'dC
For festival some reckless of attireD
The snow had left the mountain top fresh flowersE
Had withered in the meadow fig and pruneF
Hung wrinkling the last apple glow'd amidG
Its freckled leaves and weary oxen blinktG
Between the trodden corn and twisted vineH
Under whose bunches stood the empty crateG
To creak ere long beneath them carried homeI
This was the season when twelve months beforeJ
O gentle Hamadryad true to loveK
Thy mansion thy dim mansion in the woodG
Was blasted and laid desolate but noneL
Dared violate its precincts none dared pluckM
The moss beneath it which alone remain'dG
Of what was thineH
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Old Thallinos sat muteG
In solitary sadness The strange taleN
Not until Rhaicos died but then the wholeO
Echion had related whom no forceP
Could ever make look back upon the oaksQ
The father said Echion thou must weighR
Carefully and with steady hand enoughS
Although no longer comes the store as onceT
Of wax to burn all day and night uponU
That hollow stone where milk and honey lieA
So may the Gods so may the dead be pleas'dG
Thallinos bore it thither in the mornV
And lighted it and left itG
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First of thoseW
Who visited upon this solemn dayR
The Hamadryad's oak were RhodopeX
And Acon of one age one hope one trustG
Graceful was she as was the nymph whose fateG
She sorrowed for he slender pale and firstG
Lapt by the flame of love his father's landsY
Were fertile herds lowed over them afarZ
Now stood the two aside the hollow stoneA2
And lookt with stedfast eyes toward the oakB2
Shivered and black and bareC2
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May never weD2
Love as they loved said Acon She at thisE2
Smiled for he said not what he meant to sayR
And thought not of its bliss but of its endG
He caught the flying smile and blusht and vow'dG
Nor time nor other power whereto the mightG
Of love hath yielded and may yield againF2
Should alter hisG2
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The father of the youthH2
Wanted not beauty for him wanted notG
Song that could lift earth's weight from off his heartG
Discretion that could guide him thro' the worldG
Innocence that could clear his way to heavenL
Silver and gold and land not green beforeJ
The ancestral gate but purple under skiesI2
Bending far off he wanted for his heirC2
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Fathers have given life but virgin heartG
They never gave and dare they then controlO
Or check it harshly dare they break a bondG
Girt round it by the holiest Power on highA
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Acon was grieved he said grieved bitterlyD2
But Acon had complied 'twas dutifulJ2
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Crush thy own heart Man Man but fear to woundG
The gentler that relies on thee aloneA2
By thee created weak or strong by theeD2
Touch it not but for worship watch beforeJ
Its sanctuary nor leave it till are closedG
The temple doors and the last lamp is spentG
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Rhodope in her soul's waste solitudeG
Sate mournful by the dull resounding seaD2
Often not hearing it and many tearsK2
Had the cold breezes hardened on her cheekL2
Meanwhile he sauntered in the wood of oaksQ
Nor shun'd to look upon the hollow stoneA2
That held the milk and honey nor to layR
His plighted hand where recently 'twas laidG
Opposite hers when finger playfullyD2
Advanced and pusht back finger on each sideG
He did not think of this as she would doG
If she were there aloneA2
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The day was hotG
The moss invited him it cool'd his cheekL2
It cool'd his hands he thrust them into itG
And sank to slumber Never was there dreamM2
Divine as his He saw the HamadryadG
She took him by the arm and led him onU
Along a valley where profusely grewG
The smaller lilies with their pendent bellsN2
And hiding under mint chill droseraG
The violet shy of butting cyclamenU
The feathery fern and browser of moist banksO2
Her offspring round her the soft strawberryG
The quivering spray of ruddy tamariskP2
The oleander's light hair'd progenyG
Breathing bright freshness in each other's faceQ2
And graceful rose bending her brow with cupX
Of fragrance and of beauty boon for GodsR2
The fragrance fill'd his breast with such delightG
His senses were bewildered and he thoughtG
He saw again the face he most had lovedG
He stopt the Hamadryad at his sideG
Now stood between then drew him farther offS2
He went compliant as before but soonU
Verdure had ceast altho' the ground was smoothT2
Nothing was there delightful At this changeU2
He would have spoken but his guide represtG
All questioning and saidG
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Weak youth what broughtG
Thy footstep to this wood my native hauntG
My life long residence this bank where firstG
I sate with him the faithful now I knowU
Too late the faithful Rhaicos Haste thee homeI
Be happy if thou canst but come no moreG
Where those whom death alone could sever diedG
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He started up the moss whereon he sleptG
Was dried and withered deadlier paleness spreadG
Over his cheek he sickened and the sireG
Had land enough it held his only sonU

Walter Savage Landor



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