The Little Girl Lost Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DDAA EEFF AAGG EECC AACC HHCC AAII FFCC AAAA FFAA JKEE IIAA| In futurity | A |
| I prophesy see | B |
| That the earth from sleep | C |
| Grave the sentence deep | C |
| - | |
| Shall arise and seek | D |
| For her maker meek | D |
| And the desart wild | A |
| Become a garden mild | A |
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| In the southern clime | E |
| Where the summers prime | E |
| Never fades away | F |
| Lovely Lyca lay | F |
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| Seven summers old | A |
| Lovely Lyca told | A |
| She had wandered long | G |
| Hearing wild birds song | G |
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| Sweet sleep come to me | E |
| Underneath this tree | E |
| Do father mother weep | C |
| Where can Lyca sleep | C |
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| Lost in desert wild | A |
| Is your little child | A |
| How can Lyca sleep | C |
| If her mother weep | C |
| - | |
| If her heart does ake | H |
| Then let Lyca wake | H |
| If my mother sleep | C |
| Lyca shall not weep | C |
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| Frowning frowning night | A |
| O'er this desert bright | A |
| Let thy moon arise | I |
| While I close my eyes | I |
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| Sleeping Lyca lay | F |
| While the beasts of prey | F |
| Come from caverns deep | C |
| View'd the maid asleep | C |
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| The kingly lion stood | A |
| And the virgin view'd | A |
| Then he gambolled round | A |
| O'er the hallowed ground | A |
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| Leopards tygers play | F |
| Round her as she lay | F |
| While the lion old | A |
| Bow'd his mane of gold | A |
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| And her bosom lick | J |
| And upon her neck | K |
| From his eyes of flame | E |
| Ruby tears there came | E |
| - | |
| While the lioness | I |
| Loos'd her slender dress | I |
| And naked they convey'd | A |
| To caves the sleeping maid | A |
William Blake
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