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 DZUZN2N2| I | 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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