From The Spanish Of Pedro De Castro Y Añaya Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF BGBG HIHI| Stay rivulet nor haste to leave | A |
| The lovely vale that lies around thee | B |
| Why wouldst thou be a sea at eve | A |
| When but a fount the morning found thee | B |
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| Born when the skies began to glow | C |
| Humblest of all the rock's cold daughters | D |
| No blossom bowed its stalk to show | C |
| Where stole thy still and scanty waters | D |
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| Now on thy stream the noonbeams look | E |
| Usurping as thou downward driftest | F |
| Its crystal from the clearest brook | E |
| Its rushing current from the swiftest | F |
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| Ah what wild haste and all to be | B |
| A river and expire in ocean | G |
| Each fountain's tribute hurries thee | B |
| To that vast grave with quicker motion | G |
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| Far better 'twere to linger still | H |
| In this green vale these flowers to cherish | I |
| And die in peace an aged rill | H |
| Than thus a youthful Danube perish | I |
William Cullen Bryant
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