Lament Of Mary Queen Of Scots Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCB DEDEFGE HIHIJJI KLKLMML NLNLOOL PQPQRRQ STSTUET SVSVWWX YZYZA2A2Z EB2QB2C2C2B2

SMILE of the Moon for I so nameA
That silent greeting from aboveB
A gentle flash of light that cameA
From her whom drooping captives loveB
Or art thou of still higher birthC
Thou that didst part the clouds of earthC
My torpor to reproveB
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Bright boon of pitying Heaven alasD
I may not trust thy placid cheerE
Pondering that Time tonight will passD
The threshold of another yearE
For years to me are sad and dullF
My very moments are too fullG
Of hopelessness and fearE
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And yet the soul awakening gleamH
That struck perchance the farthest coneI
Of Scotland's rocky wilds did seemH
To visit me and me aloneI
Me unapproached by any friendJ
Save those who to my sorrow lendJ
Tears due unto their ownI
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To night the church tower bells will ringK
Through these wide realms a festire pealL
To the new year a welcomingK
A tuneful offering for the wealL
Of happy millions lulled in deepM
While I am forced to watch and weepM
By wounds that may not healL
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Born all too high by wedlock raisedN
Still higher to be cast thus lowL
Would that mine eyes had never gazedN
On aught of more ambitious showL
Than the sweet flowerets of the fieldsO
It is my royal state that yieldsO
This bitterness of woeL
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Yet how for I if there be truthP
In the world's voice was passing fairQ
And beauty for confiding youthP
Those shocks of passion can prepareQ
That kill the bloom before its timeR
And blanch without the owner's crimeR
The most resplendent hairQ
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Unblest distinction showered on meS
To bind a lingering life in chainsT
All that could quit my grasp or fleeS
Is gone but not the subtle stainsT
Fixed in the spirit for even hereU
Can I be proud that jealous fearE
Of what I was remainsT
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A Woman rules my prison's keyS
A sister Queen against the bentV
O law and holiest sympathyS
Detains me doubtful of the eventV
Great God who feel'st for my distressW
My thoughts are all that I possessW
O keep them innocentX
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Farewell desire of human aidY
Which abject mortals vainly courtZ
By friends deceived by foes betrayedY
Of fears the prey of hopes the sportZ
Nought but the world redeeming CrossA2
Is able to support my lossA2
My burthen to supportZ
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Hark the death note of the yearE
Sounded by the castle clockB2
From her sunk eyes a stagnant tearQ
Stole forth unsettled by the shockB2
But oft the woods renewed their greenC2
Ere the tired head of Scotland's QueenC2
Reposed upon the blockB2

William Wordsworth



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