Mary Magdalen. - From The Spanish Of Bartolome Leonardo De Argensola. (translations.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACD EFFEGG HIIHJJ KLLKGG| Blessed yet sinful one and broken hearted | A |
| The crowd are pointing at the thing forlorn | B |
| In wonder and in scorn | B |
| Thou weepest days of innocence departed | A |
| Thou weepest and thy tears have power to move | C |
| The Lord to pity and love | D |
| - | |
| The greatest of thy follies is forgiven | E |
| Even for the least of all the tears that shine | F |
| On that pale cheek of thine | F |
| Thou didst kneel down to Him who came from heaven | E |
| Evil and ignorant and thou shalt rise | G |
| Holy and pure and wise | G |
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| It is not much that to the fragrant blossom | H |
| The ragged brier should change the bitter fir | I |
| Distil Arabian myrrh | I |
| Nor that upon the wintry desert's bosom | H |
| The harvest should rise plenteous and the swain | J |
| Bear home the abundant grain | J |
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| But come and see the bleak and barren mountains | K |
| Thick to their tops with roses come and see | L |
| Leaves on the dry dead tree | L |
| The perished plant set out by living fountains | K |
| Grows fruitful and its beauteous branches rise | G |
| For ever towards the skies | G |
William Cullen Bryant
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