Noon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEF EGHIJKLMENOPQERSLTKU VKWXEYZEWA2EB2C2ZEUZ EZZE D2TE2F2G2H2I2LJ2ZBEZ

FROM AN UNFINISHED POEMA
-
-
'Tis noon At noon the Hebrew bowed the kneeB
And worshipped while the husbandmen withdrewC
From the scorched field and the wayfaring manD
Grew faint and turned aside by bubbling fountE
Or rested in the shadow of the palmF
-
I too amid the overflow of dayE
Behold the power which wields and cherishesG
The frame of Nature From this brow of rockH
That overlooks the Hudson's western margeI
I gaze upon the long array of grovesJ
The piles and gulfs of verdure drinking inK
The grateful heats They love the fiery sunL
Their broadening leaves grow glossier and their spraysM
Climb as he looks upon them In the midstE
The swelling river into his green gulfsN
Unshadowed save by passing sails aboveO
Takes the redundant glory and enjoysP
The summer in his chilly bed Coy flowersQ
That would not open in the early lightE
Push back their plaited sheaths The rivulet's poolR
That darkly quivered all the morning longS
In the cool shade now glimmers in the sunL
And o'er its surface shoots and shoots againT
The glittering dragon fly and deep withinK
Run the brown water beetles to and froU
-
A silence the brief sabbath of an hourV
Reigns o'er the fields the laborer sits withinK
His dwelling he has left his steers awhileW
Unyoked to bite the herbage and his dogX
Sleeps stretched beside the door stone in the shadeE
Now the grey marmot with uplifted pawsY
No more sits listening by his den but stealsZ
Abroad in safety to the clover fieldE
And crops its juicy blossoms All the whileW
A ceaseless murmur from the populous townA2
Swells o'er these solitudes a mingled soundE
Of jarring wheels and iron hoofs that clashB2
Upon the stony ways and hammer clangC2
And creak of engines lifting ponderous bulksZ
And calls and cries and tread of eager feetE
Innumerable hurrying to and froU
Noon in that mighty mart of nations bringsZ
No pause to toil and care With early dayE
Began the tumult and shall only ceaseZ
When midnight hushing one by one the soundsZ
Of bustle gathers the tired brood to restE
-
Thus in this feverish time when love of gainD2
And luxury possess the hearts of menT
Thus is it with the noon of human lifeE2
We in our fervid manhood in our strengthF2
Of reason we with hurry noise and careG2
Plan toil and strife and pause not to refreshH2
Our spirits with the calm and beautifulI2
Of God's harmonious universe that wonL
Our youthful wonder pause not to inquireJ2
Why we are here and what the reverenceZ
Man owes to man and what the mysteryB
That links us to the greater world besideE
Whose borders we but hover for a spaceZ

William Cullen Bryant



Rate:
(1)



Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme

Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation


Write your comment about Noon poem by William Cullen Bryant


 

Recent Interactions*

This poem was read 5 times,

This poem was added to the favorite list by 0 members,

This poem was voted by 0 members.

(* Interactions only in the last 7 days)

New Poems

Popular Poets