Water-party On Beaulieu River, In The New Forest Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABB CDCED FGFGG HIHIJ KLKLL MBNBB OAOAA| I thought 'twas a toy of the fancy a dream | A |
| That leads with illusion the senses astray | B |
| And I sighed with delight as we stole down the stream | A |
| While the sun as he smiled on our sail seemed to say | B |
| Rejoice in my light ere it fade fast away | B |
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| We left the loud rocking of ocean behind | C |
| And stealing along the clear current serene | D |
| The Ph dria spread her white sails to the wind | C |
| And they who divided had many a day been | E |
| Gazed with added delight on the charms of the scene | D |
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| Each bosom one spirit of peace seemed to feel | F |
| We heard not the tossing the stir and the roar | G |
| Of the ocean without we heard only the keel | F |
| The keel that went whispering along the green shore | G |
| And the stroke as it dipped of the feathering oar | G |
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| Beneath the dark woods now as winding we go | H |
| What sounds of rich harmony burst on the ear | I |
| Hark cheer'ly the loud swelling clarionets blow | H |
| Now the tones gently die now more mellow we hear | I |
| The horns through the high forest echoing clear | J |
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| They cease and no longer the echoes prolong | K |
| The swell of the concert in silence we float | L |
| In silence Oh listen 'tis woman's sweet song | K |
| The bends of the river reply to each note | L |
| And the oar is held dripping and still from the boat | L |
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| Mark the sun that descends o'er the curve of the flood | M |
| Seize Wilmot the pencil and instant convey | B |
| To the tablet the water the banks and the wood | N |
| That their colours may live without change or decay | B |
| When these beautiful tints die in darkness away | B |
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| So when we are parted and tossed on the deep | O |
| And no longer the light on our prospect shall gleam | A |
| The semblance of one lovely scene we may keep | O |
| And remember the day and the hour like a dream | A |
| When we sighed with delight as we stole down the stream | A |
William Lisle Bowles
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