Poet Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

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The Desert Wind Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDBEFE GHFGHIFE JKFJKEFE LMFLMEFE NFFOFEFE PFFQFEFE RHFRHEFE PSFPTEFE UPFVPEFE PWFPXEFE

I went with happy heart how happy a while sinceA
Behind my camel flocksB
Piping all day where the Nile pastures endC
And the white sand beginsD
Among the rocksB
The wheeling eagles mocked me high there from the skiesE
The red blast of the desert windF
Hath seared mine eyesE
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I saw a lady pass what lady none could tellG
Nor of her tribe nor raceH
Of Roum or Franjistan or Fars or HindF
None knew But I knew wellG
That her sweet faceH
Had blossomed first within the gates of ParadiseI
The red blast of the desert windF
Hath seared mine eyesE
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Within a tasselled frame rich wrought she sat and sangJ
A song of love so sweetK
That beast and bird and serpent came behindF
And lizard with shut fangJ
And faltering feetK
My flocks strayed after them and I who heard likewiseE
The red blast of the desert windF
Hath seared mine eyesE
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Upon a camel tall how tall she rode by meL
Enrobed in white and redM
And veiled to her bright eyes in bands that bindF
But hide not all souls seeL
And on her headM
A crown entwined of wool with gold and various dyesE
The red blast of the desert windF
Hath seared mine eyesE
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Out to the wilderness all day we followed herN
By winding paths untrodF
O'er rock and plain none knew nor I could findF
Although my home was thereO
And still we rodeF
The creatures tired and stopped but I went on with sighsE
The red blast of the desert windF
Hath seared mine eyesE
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We came to a deep pool how deep I knew of noneP
In all that land accursedF
A pool of waters clear with white shells linedF
And there we lighted downQ
And suaged our thirstF
And bathed our weary limbs we two without disguiseE
The red blast of the desert windF
Hath seared mine eyesE
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Upon the brink we sat ah me alone we twoR
In that fair empty placeH
I kissed her hands and told her all my mindF
And dared her grace to sueR
Her utter graceH
And she with smiles said yea'' to my too blest surpriseE
The red blast of the desert windF
Hath seared mine eyesE
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Ah me that night of stars those bridal stars of heavenP
Ah me those eyes of hersS
So sweet so near of that same starry kindF
Which drank their light ungivenP
Poor blinded starsT
And left them dark as they have left me wiseE
The red blast of the desert windF
Hath seared mine eyesE
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How shall I tell it All three months of happy loveU
I lived with her blest queenP
Fed on sole joy and what God's care might sendF
Of milk and treasure troveV
Of sorrels greenP
And roots and tubers fine and samh which we made prizeE
The red blast of the desert windF
Hath seared mine eyesE
-
Since when I search the Earth sad Earth in vain to winP
Once more her wondrous voiceW
Which led me forth to doom and left me blindF
Bereft of flocks and kinP
And homely joysX
Of wife and children's love and to behold the skiesE
The red blast of the desert windF
Hath seared mine eyesE

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt



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