The Swan. (from The Villager's Verse-book.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFFLook at the swan how still he goes | A |
His neck and breast like silver gleam | B |
He seems majestic as he rows | A |
The glory of the lonely stream | B |
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There is a glory in the war | C |
A glory when the warrior wears | D |
His visage marked with many a scar | E |
The laurel wet with human tears | D |
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Such scenes no glory can impart | F |
With trumps and drums and noises rude | G |
Like that which fills his silent heart | F |
Who walks with God in quietude | F |
William Lisle Bowles
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