On The River Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD AEAE FAFA AGAG| The faint stars wake and wonder | A |
| Fade and find heart anew | B |
| Above us and far under | A |
| Sphereth the watchful blue | B |
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| Silent she sits outbending | C |
| A wild pathetic grace | D |
| A beauty strange heart rending | C |
| Upon her hair and face | D |
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| O spirit cries that sever | A |
| The cricket's level drone | E |
| O to give o'er endeavor | A |
| And let love have its own | E |
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| Within the mirrored bushes | F |
| There wakes a little stir | A |
| The white throat moves and hushes | F |
| Her nestlings under her | A |
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| Beneath the lustrous river | A |
| The watchful sky o'erhead | G |
| God God that Thou should'st ever | A |
| Poison thy children's bread | G |
William Vaughn Moody
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