The Conjunction Of Jupiter And Venus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNKOPQRS GTUVMVPVWVVXOVGYVV ZA2VVB2VVC2 D2E2F2G2VVWH2I2 J2VXK2D2L2M2VN2V VO2P2VVQ2VI2DR2S2VT2 VQ2VVKU2VV2W2O2VG2F2 V

I would not always reason The straight pathA
Wearies us with its never varying linesB
And we grow melancholy I would makeC
Reason my guide but she should sometimes sitD
Patiently by the way side while I tracedE
The mazes of the pleasant wildernessF
Around me She should be my counsellorG
But not my tyrant For the spirit needsH
Impulses from a deeper source than hersI
And there are motions in the mind of manJ
That she must look upon with awe I bowK
Reverently to her dictates but not lessL
Hold to the fair illusions of old timeM
Illusions that shed brightness over lifeN
And glory over nature Look even nowK
Where two bright planets in the twilight meetO
Upon the saffron heaven the imperial starP
Of Jove and she that from her radiant urnQ
Pours forth the light of love Let me believeR
Awhile that they are met for ends of goodS
Amid the evening glory to conferG
Of men and their affairs and to shed downT
Kind influence Lo they brighten as we gazeU
And shake out softer fires The great earth feelsV
The gladness and the quiet of the timeM
Meekly the mighty river that infoldsV
This mighty city smooths his front and farP
Glitters and burns even to the rocky baseV
Of the dark heights that bound him to the westW
And a deep murmur from the many streetsV
Rises like a thanksgiving Put we henceV
Dark and sad thoughts awhile there's time for themX
Hereafter on the morrow we will meetO
With melancholy looks to tell our griefsV
And make each other wretched this calm hourG
This balmy blessed evening we will giveY
To cheerful hopes and dreams of happy daysV
Born of the meeting of those glorious starsV
-
Enough of drought has parched the year and scaredZ
The land with dread of famine Autumn yetA2
Shall make men glad with unexpected fruitsV
The dog star shall shine harmless genial daysV
Shall softly glide away into the keenB2
And wholesome cold of winter he that fearsV
The pestilence shall gaze on those pure beamsV
And breathe with confidence the quiet airC2
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Emblems of power and beauty well may theyD2
Shine brightest on our borders and withdrawE2
Towards the great Pacific marking outF2
The path of empire Thus in our own landG2
Ere long the better Genius of our raceV
Having encompassed earth and tamed its tribesV
Shall sit him down beneath the farthest westW
By the shore of that calm ocean and look backH2
On realms made happyI2
-
Light the nuptial torchJ2
And say the glad yet solemn rite that knitsV
The youth and maiden Happy days to themX
That wed this evening a long life of loveK2
And blooming sons and daughters Happy theyD2
Born at this hour for they shall see an ageL2
Whiter and holier than the past and goM2
Late to their graves Men shall wear softer heartsV
And shudder at the butcheries of warN2
As now at other murdersV
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Hapless GreeceV
Enough of blood has wet thy rocks and stainedO2
Thy rivers deep enough thy chains have wornP2
Their links into thy flesh the sacrificeV
Of thy pure maidens and thy innocent babesV
And reverend priests has expiated allQ2
Thy crimes of old In yonder mingling lightsV
There is an omen of good days for theeI2
Thou shalt arise from midst the dust and sitD
Again among the nations Thine own armR2
Shall yet redeem thee Not in wars like thineS2
The world takes part Be it a strife of kingsV
Despot with despot battling for a throneT2
And Europe shall be stirred throughout her realmsV
Nations shall put on harness and shall fallQ2
Upon each other and in all their boundsV
The wailing of the childless shall not ceaseV
Thine is a war for liberty and thouK
Must fight it single handed The old worldU2
Looks coldly on the murderers of thy raceV
And leaves thee to the struggle and the newV2
I fear me thou couldst tell a shameful taleW2
Of fraud and lust of gain thy treasury drainedO2
And Missolonghi fallen Yet thy wrongsV
Shall put new strength into thy heart and handG2
And God and thy good sword shall yet work outF2
For thee a terrible deliveranceV

William Cullen Bryant



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