Poet William Ernest Henley

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In The Placid Summer Midnight Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DECE EEFE CGHG CEFE HCCC

In the placid summer midnightA
Under the drowsy skyB
I seem to hear in the stillnessC
The moths go glimmering byB
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One by one from the windowsD
The lights have all been spedE
Never a blind looks consciousC
The street is asleep in bedE
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But I come where a living casementE
Laughs luminous and wideE
I hear the song of a pianoF
Break in a sparkling tideE
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And I feel in the waltz that frolicsC
And warbles swift and clearG
A sudden sense of shelterH
And friendliness and cheerG
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A sense of tinkling glassesC
Of love and laughter and lightE
The piano stops and the windowF
Stares blank out into the nightE
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The blind goes out and I wanderH
To the old unfriendly seaC
The lonelier for the memoryC
That walks like a ghost with meC

William Ernest Henley



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