The 99 Poem Challenge
Fox-Trot-9

65. Roundelay — Swan Princess

In the salve of rippling water,
   In the waterfalls of Night,
Graceful swan, that lovely squatter,
   Starts to flap her wings for flight;
Gentle rays surround this daughter
   In the luster of the moonlight.

Graceful swan, that lovely squatter,
   Starts to flap her wings for flight;
Prowling eyes do often spot her,
   Waiting for a glimpse of insight;
Gentle rays surround this daughter
   In the luster of the moonlight.

Prowling eyes do often spot her,
   Waiting for a glimpse of insight;
Men have tried and almost caught her,
   But she flies each striving knight;
Gentle rays surround this daughter
   In the luster of the moonlight.

Men have tried and almost caught her,
   But she flies each striving knight;
I will seek to only watch her
   Change into my bride tonight;
Gentle rays surround this daughter
   In the luster of the moonlight.

(To be continued...)

A/N: The Roundelay, invented by John Dryden, is a 24-line poem written in trochaic tetrameter, using two rhyme sounds and refrains per stanza.

Meter: Trochaic tetrameter
Rhyme: abA1B1A2B2 A1B1A3B3A2B2 A3B3A4B4A2B2 A4B4abA2B2