The Serenade. - From The Spanish. (translations.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB CAAA DEFE GHEH IJKJ LAMA ANEN NOPO KAAA FQNR FNNN FNEN KAFA FSPS AACA| If slumber sweet Lisena | A |
| Have stolen o'er thine eyes | B |
| As night steals o'er the glory | C |
| Of spring's transparent skies | B |
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| Wake in thy scorn and beauty | C |
| And listen to the strain | A |
| That murmurs my devotion | A |
| That mourns for thy disdain | A |
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| Here by thy door at midnight | D |
| I pass the dreary hour | E |
| With plaintive sounds profaning | F |
| The silence of thy bower | E |
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| A tale of sorrow cherished | G |
| Too fondly to depart | H |
| Of wrong from love the flatterer | E |
| And my own wayward heart | H |
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| Twice o'er this vale the seasons | I |
| Have brought and borne away | J |
| The January tempest | K |
| The genial wind of May | J |
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| Yet still my plaint is uttered | L |
| My tears and sighs are given | A |
| To earth's unconscious waters | M |
| And wandering winds of heaven | A |
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| I saw from this fair region | A |
| The smile of summer pass | N |
| And myriad frost stars glitter | E |
| Among the russet grass | N |
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| While winter seized the streamlets | N |
| That fled along the ground | O |
| And fast in chains of crystal | P |
| The truant murmurers bound | O |
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| I saw that to the forest | K |
| The nightingales had flown | A |
| And every sweet voiced fountain | A |
| Had hushed its silver tone | A |
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| The maniac winds divorcing | F |
| The turtle from his mate | Q |
| Raved through the leafy beeches | N |
| And left them desolate | R |
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| Now May with life and music | F |
| The blooming valley fills | N |
| And rears her flowery arches | N |
| For all the little rills | N |
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| The minstrel bird of evening | F |
| Comes back on joyous wings | N |
| And like the harp's soft murmur | E |
| Is heard the gush of springs | N |
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| And deep within the forest | K |
| Are wedded turtles seen | A |
| Their nuptial chambers seeking | F |
| Their chambers close and green | A |
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| The rugged trees are mingling | F |
| Their flowery sprays in love | S |
| The ivy climbs the laurel | P |
| To clasp the boughs above | S |
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| They change but thou Lisena | A |
| Art cold while I complain | A |
| Why to thy lover only | C |
| Should spring return in vain | A |
William Cullen Bryant
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