The King On The Tower Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGHG IJCJ KLKL| The cold gray hills they bind me around | A |
| The darksome valleys lie sleeping below | B |
| But the winds as they pass o'er all this ground | A |
| Bring me never a sound of woe | B |
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| Oh for all I have suffered and striven | C |
| Care has embittered my cup and my feast | D |
| But here is the night and the dark blue heaven | C |
| And my soul shall be at rest | E |
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| O golden legends writ in the skies | F |
| I turn towards you with longing soul | G |
| And list to the awful harmonies | H |
| Of the Spheres as on they roll | G |
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| My hair is gray and my sight nigh gone | I |
| My sword it rusteth upon the wall | J |
| Right have I spoken and right have I done | C |
| When shall I rest me once for all | J |
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| O blessed rest O royal night | K |
| Wherefore seemeth the time so long | L |
| Till I see you stars in their fullest light | K |
| And list to their loudest song | L |
William Makepeace Thackeray
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