The Death Of Aliatar. - From The Spanish. (translations.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEGHIH JKLKMNONGHIH PQGQERSTGHIH EGDGERERGHIH EUGUVWXWGHIH GYZYA2EYEGHIH| 'Tis not with gilded sabres | A |
| That gleam in baldricks blue | B |
| Nor nodding plumes in caps of Fez | C |
| Of gay and gaudy hue | B |
| But habited in mourning weeds | D |
| Come marching from afar | E |
| By four and four the valiant men | F |
| Who fought with Aliatar | E |
| All mournfully and slowly | G |
| The afflicted warriors come | H |
| To the deep wail of the trumpet | I |
| And beat of muffled drum | H |
| - | |
| The banner of the Phenix | J |
| The flag that loved the sky | K |
| That scarce the wind dared wanton with | L |
| It flew so proud and high | K |
| Now leaves its place in battle field | M |
| And sweeps the ground in grief | N |
| The bearer drags its glorious folds | O |
| Behind the fallen chief | N |
| As mournfully and slowly | G |
| The afflicted warriors come | H |
| To the deep wail of the trumpet | I |
| And beat of muffled drum | H |
| - | |
| Brave Aliatar led forward | P |
| A hundred Moors to go | Q |
| To where his brother held Motril | G |
| Against the leaguering foe | Q |
| On horseback went the gallant Moor | E |
| That gallant band to lead | R |
| And now his bier is at the gate | S |
| From whence he pricked his steed | T |
| While mournfully and slowly | G |
| The afflicted warriors come | H |
| To the deep wail of the trumpet | I |
| And beat of muffled drum | H |
| - | |
| The knights of the Grand Master | E |
| In crowded ambush lay | G |
| They rushed upon him where the reeds | D |
| Were thick beside the way | G |
| They smote the valiant Aliatar | E |
| They smote the warrior dead | R |
| And broken but not beaten were | E |
| The gallant ranks he led | R |
| Now mournfully and slowly | G |
| The afflicted warriors come | H |
| To the deep wail of the trumpet | I |
| And beat of muffled drum | H |
| - | |
| Oh what was Zayda's sorrow | E |
| How passionate her cries | U |
| Her lover's wounds streamed not more free | G |
| Than that poor maiden's eyes | U |
| Say Love for didst thou see her tears | V |
| Oh no he drew more tight | W |
| The blinding fillet o'er his lids | X |
| To spare his eyes the sight | W |
| While mournfully and slowly | G |
| The afflicted warriors come | H |
| To the deep wail of the trumpet | I |
| And beat of muffled drum | H |
| - | |
| Nor Zayda weeps him only | G |
| But all that dwell between | Y |
| The great Alhambra's palace walls | Z |
| And springs of Albaicin | Y |
| The ladies weep the flower of knights | A2 |
| The brave the bravest here | E |
| The people weep a champion | Y |
| The Alcaydes a noble peer | E |
| While mournfully and slowly | G |
| The afflicted warriors come | H |
| To the deep wail of the trumpet | I |
| And beat of muffled drum | H |
William Cullen Bryant
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