The Armenian Lady's Love Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDDEF A GHIHJJ A DKBLMM DNOPBB B IQOQRR STUTUU VWVXYY ZA2BA2UU Z ZUBUZZ Z ZB2UB2BB B ZMDMC2C2 Z D2UUUMM Z ZE2IE2F2F2 IUUUDG2 H2ZZZI2I2 J2ZGZK2K2 GI2H2I2UU UUUUUU Z UUGUZZ Z DUDUUU Z UQZQL2L2 Z UZM2ZE2E2 Z IUIUUU ZUH2U DUUU DZUZN2N2I | A |
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You have heard a Spanish Lady | B |
How she wooed an English man | C |
Hear now of a fair Armenian | D |
Daughter of the proud Soldan | D |
How she loved a Christian slave and told her pain | E |
By word look deed with hope that he might love again | F |
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II | A |
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Pluck that rose it moves my liking | G |
Said she lifting up her veil | H |
Pluck it for me gentle gardener | I |
Ere it wither and grow pale | H |
Princess fair I till the ground but may not take | J |
From twig or bed an humbler flower even for your sake | J |
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III | A |
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Grieved am I submissive Christian | D |
To behold thy captive state | K |
Women in your land may pity | B |
May they not the unfortunate | L |
Yes kind Lady otherwise man could not bear | M |
Life which to every one that breathes is full of care | M |
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IV | - |
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Worse than idle is compassion | D |
If it end in tears and sighs | N |
Thee from bondage would I rescue | O |
And from vile indignities | P |
Nurtured as thy mien bespeaks in high degree | B |
Look up and help a hand that longs to set thee free | B |
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V | B |
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Lady dread the wish nor venture | I |
In such peril to engage | Q |
Think how it would stir against you | O |
Your most loving father's rage | Q |
Sad deliverance would it be and yoked with shame | R |
Should troubles overflow on her from whom it came | R |
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VI | - |
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Generous Frank the just in effort | S |
Are of inward peace secure | T |
Hardships for the brave encountered | U |
Even the feeblest may endure | T |
If almighty grace through me thy chains unbind | U |
My father for slave's work may seek a slave in mind | U |
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VII | - |
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Princess at this burst of goodness | V |
My long frozen heart grows warm | W |
Yet you make all courage fruitless | V |
Me to save from chance of harm | X |
Leading such companion I that gilded dome | Y |
Yon minarets would gladly leave for his worst home | Y |
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VIII | - |
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Feeling tunes your voice fair Princess | Z |
And your brow is free from scorn | A2 |
Else these words would come like mockery | B |
Sharper than the pointed thorn | A2 |
Whence the undeserved mistrust Too wide apart | U |
Our faith hath been O would that eyes could see the heart | U |
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IX | Z |
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Tempt me not I pray my doom is | Z |
These base implements to wield | U |
Rusty lance I ne'er shall grasp thee | B |
Ne'er assoil my cobwebbed shield | U |
Never see my native land nor castle towers | Z |
Nor Her who thinking of me there counts widowed hours | Z |
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X | Z |
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Prisoner pardon youthful fancies | Z |
Wedded If you 'can' say no | B2 |
Blessed is and be your consort | U |
Hopes I cherished let them go | B2 |
Handmaid's privilege would leave my purpose free | B |
Without another link to my felicity | B |
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XI | B |
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Wedded love with loyal Christians | Z |
Lady is a mystery rare | M |
Body heart and soul in union | D |
Make one being of a pair | M |
Humble love in me would look for no return | C2 |
Soft as a guiding star that cheers but cannot burn | C2 |
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XII | Z |
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Gracious Allah by such title | D2 |
Do I dare to thank the God | U |
Him who thus exalts thy spirit | U |
Flower of an unchristian sod | U |
Or hast thou put off wings which thou in heaven dost wear | M |
What have I seen and heard or dreamt where am I where | M |
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XIII | Z |
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Here broke off the dangerous converse | Z |
Less impassioned words might tell | E2 |
How the pair escaped together | I |
Tears not wanting nor a knell | E2 |
Of sorrow in her heart while through her father's door | F2 |
And from her narrow world she passed for evermore | F2 |
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XIV | - |
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But affections higher holier | I |
Urged her steps she shrunk from trust | U |
In a sensual creed that trampled | U |
Woman's birthright into dust | U |
Little be the wonder then the blame be none | D |
If she a timid Maid hath put such boldness on | G2 |
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XV | - |
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Judge both Fugitives with knowledge | H2 |
In those old romantic days | Z |
Mighty were the soul's commandments | Z |
To support restrain or raise | Z |
Foes might hang upon their path snakes rustle near | I2 |
But nothing from their inward selves had they to fear | I2 |
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XVI | - |
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Thought infirm ne'er came between them | J2 |
Whether printing desert sands | Z |
With accordant steps or gathering | G |
Forest fruit with social hands | Z |
Or whispering like two reeds that in the cold moonbeam | K2 |
Bend with the breeze their heads beside a crystal stream | K2 |
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XVII | - |
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On a friendly deck reposing | G |
They at length for Venice steer | I2 |
There when they had closed their voyage | H2 |
One who daily on the pier | I2 |
Watched for tidings from the East beheld his Lord | U |
Fell down and clasped his knees for joy not uttering word | U |
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XVIII | - |
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Mutual was the sudden transport | U |
Breathless questions followed fast | U |
Years contracting to a moment | U |
Each word greedier than the last | U |
Hie thee to the Countess friend return with speed | U |
And of this Stranger speak by whom her lord was freed | U |
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XIX | Z |
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Say that I who might have languished | U |
Drooped and pined till life was spent | U |
Now before the gates of Stolberg | G |
My Deliverer would present | U |
For a crowning recompense the precious grace | Z |
Of her who in my heart still holds her ancient place | Z |
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XX | Z |
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Make it known that my Companion | D |
Is of royal eastern blood | U |
Thirsting after all perfection | D |
Innocent and meek and good | U |
Though with misbelievers bred but that dark night | U |
Will holy Church disperse by means of gospel light | U |
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XXI | Z |
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Swiftly went that grey haired Servant | U |
Soon returned a trusty Page | Q |
Charged with greetings benedictions | Z |
Thanks and praises each a gage | Q |
For a sunny thought to cheer the Stranger's way | L2 |
Her virtuous scruples to remove her fears allay | L2 |
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XXII | Z |
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And how blest the Reunited | U |
While beneath their castle walls | Z |
Runs a deafening noise of welcome | M2 |
Blest though every tear that falls | Z |
Doth in its silence of past sorrow tell | E2 |
And makes a meeting seem most like a dear farewell | E2 |
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XXIII | Z |
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Through a haze of human nature | I |
Glorified by heavenly light | U |
Looked the beautiful Deliverer | I |
On that overpowering sight | U |
While across her virgin cheek pure blushes strayed | U |
For every tender sacrifice her heart had made | U |
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XXIV | - |
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On the ground the weeping Countess | Z |
Knelt and kissed the Stranger's hand | U |
Act of soul devoted homage | H2 |
Pledge of an eternal band | U |
Nor did aught of future days that kiss belie | - |
Which with a generous shout the crowd did ratify | - |
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XXV | - |
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Constant to the fair Armenian | D |
Gentle pleasures round her moved | U |
Like a tutelary spirit | U |
Reverenced like a sister loved | U |
Christian meekness smoothed for all the path of life | - |
Who loving most should wiseliest love their only strife | - |
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XXVI | - |
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Mute memento of that union | D |
In a Saxon church survives | Z |
Where a cross legged Knight lies sculptured | U |
As between two wedded wives | Z |
Figures with armorial signs of race and birth | N2 |
And the vain rank the pilgrims bore while yet on earth | N2 |
William Wordsworth
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