To R. A. M. S. - The Spirit Of Wine Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGHIJKLM NFONGP QNRSATUVW NXNYN AZCDThe Spirit of Wine | A |
Sang in my glass and I listened | B |
With love to his odorous music | C |
His flushed and magnificent song | D |
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'I am health I am heart I am life | E |
For I give for the asking | F |
The fire of my father the Sun | G |
And the strength of my mother the Earth | H |
Inspiration in essence | I |
I am wisdom and wit to the wise | J |
His visible muse to the poet | K |
The soul of desire to the lover | L |
The genius of laughter to all | M |
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'Come lean on me ye that are weary | N |
Rise ye faint hearted and doubting | F |
Haste ye that lag by the way | O |
I am Pride the consoler | N |
Valour and Hope are my henchmen | G |
I am the Angel of Rest | P |
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'I am life I am wealth I am fame | Q |
For I captain an army | N |
Of shining and generous dreams | R |
And mine too all mine are the keys | S |
Of that secret spiritual shrine | A |
Where his work a day soul put by | T |
Shut in with his saint of saints | U |
With his radiant and conquering self | V |
Man worships and talks and is glad | W |
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'Come sit with me ye that are lovely | N |
Ye that are paid with disdain | X |
Ye that are chained and would soar | N |
I am beauty and love | Y |
I am friendship the comforter | N |
I am that which forgives and forgets ' | - |
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The Spirit of Wine | A |
Sang in my heart and I triumphed | Z |
In the savour and scent of his music | C |
His magnetic and mastering song | D |
William Ernest Henley
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