The Last Song Of Camoens.[1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDEFFGGHHIIJJKK LLMNOOAAPPQQRRSSTTUV QQWWXYZZKKA2A2AAMOB2 B2C2C2D2D2E2E2F2F2RG 2| The morning shone on Tagus' rocky side | A |
| And airs of summer swelled the yellow tide | A |
| When rising from his melancholy bed | B |
| And faint and feebly by Antonio led | B |
| Poor Camoens subdued by want and woe | C |
| Along the winding margin wandered slow | C |
| His harp that once could each warm feeling move | D |
| Of patriot glory or of tenderest love | E |
| His sole and sable friend while a faint tone | F |
| Rose from the wires placed by a mossy stone | F |
| How beautiful the sun ascending shines | G |
| From ridge to ridge along the purple vines | G |
| How pure the azure of the opening skies | H |
| How resonant the nearer rock replies | H |
| To call of early mariners and hark | I |
| The distant whistle from yon parting bark | I |
| That down the channel as serene she strays | J |
| Her gray sail mingles with the morning haze | J |
| Bound to explore o'er ocean's stormy reign | K |
| New lands that lurk amid the lonely main | K |
| A transient fervour touched the old man's breast | L |
| He raised his eyes so long by care depressed | L |
| And while they shone with momentary fire | M |
| Ardent he struck the long forgotten lyre | N |
| From Tagus' yellow sanded shore | O |
| O'er the billows as they roar | O |
| O'er the blue sea waste and wide | A |
| Our bark threw back the burning tide | A |
| By northern breezes cheer'ly borne | P |
| On to the kingdoms of the morn | P |
| Blanco whose cold shadow vast | Q |
| Chills the western wave is past | Q |
| Huge Bojador frowning high | R |
| Thy dismal terrors we defy | R |
| But who may violate the sleep | S |
| And silence of the sultry deep | S |
| Where beneath the intenser sun | T |
| Hot showers descend red lightnings run | T |
| Whilst all the pale expanse beneath | U |
| Lies burning wide without a breath | V |
| And at mid day from the mast | Q |
| No shadow on the deck is cast | Q |
| Night by night still seen the same | W |
| Strange lights along the cordage flame | W |
| Perhaps the spirits of the good | X |
| That wander this forsaken flood | Y |
| Sing to the seas as slow we float | Z |
| A solemn and a holy note | Z |
| Spectre of the southern main | K |
| Thou barr'st our onward way in vain | K |
| Wrapping the terrors of thy form | A2 |
| In the thunder's rolling storm | A2 |
| Fearless o'er the indignant tide | A |
| On to the east our galleys ride | A |
| Triumph for the toil is o'er | M |
| We kiss the far sought Indian shore | O |
| Glittering to the orient ray | B2 |
| The banners of the Cross display | B2 |
| Does my heart exulting bound | C2 |
| Alas forlorn I gaze around | C2 |
| Feeble poor and old I stand | D2 |
| A stranger in my native land | D2 |
| My sable slave ah no my only friend | E2 |
| Whose steps upon my rugged path attend | E2 |
| Sees but with tenderness that fears to speak | F2 |
| The tear that trickles down my aged cheek | F2 |
| My harp is silent famine shrinks mine eye | R |
| Give me a little food for charity | G2 |
William Lisle Bowles
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