The West A Glimmering Lake Of Light Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCBCB DEDEFBGB FHIHABAB| The West a glimmering lake of light | A |
| A dream of pearly weather | B |
| The first of stars is burning white | A |
| The star we watch together | B |
| Is April dead The unresting year | C |
| Will shape us our September | B |
| And April's work is done my dear | C |
| Do you not remember | B |
| - | |
| O gracious eve O happy star | D |
| Still flashing glowing sinking | E |
| Who lives of lovers near or far | D |
| So glad as I in thinking | E |
| The gallant world is warm and green | F |
| For May fulfils November | B |
| When lights and leaves and loves have been | G |
| Sweet will you remember | B |
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| O star benignant and serene | F |
| I take the good to morrow | H |
| That fills from verge to verge my dream | I |
| With all its joy and sorrow | H |
| The old sweet spell is unforgot | A |
| That turns to June December | B |
| And tho' the world remembered not | A |
| Love we would remember | B |
William Ernest Henley
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