Oh Fairest Of The Rural Maids. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH CCII| Oh fairest of the rural maids | A |
| Thy birth was in the forest shades | A |
| Green boughs and glimpses of the sky | B |
| Were all that met thy infant eye | B |
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| Thy sports thy wanderings when a child | C |
| Were ever in the sylvan wild | C |
| And all the beauty of the place | D |
| Is in thy heart and on thy face | D |
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| The twilight of the trees and rocks | E |
| Is in the light shade of thy locks | E |
| Thy step is as the wind that weaves | F |
| Its playful way among the leaves | F |
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| Thine eyes are springs in whose serene | G |
| And silent waters heaven is seen | G |
| Their lashes are the herbs that look | H |
| On their young figures in the brook | H |
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| The forest depths by foot unpressed | C |
| Are not more sinless than thy breast | C |
| The holy peace that fills the air | I |
| Of those calm solitudes is there | I |
William Cullen Bryant
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