On His Grotto At Twickenham, Composed Of Marbles, Spars, Gems, Ores, And Minerals Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDDDEEFG H I JJ JDD K E| Thou who shalt stop where Thames' translucent wave | A |
| Shines a broad mirror through the shadowy cave | A |
| Where lingering drops from mineral roofs distil | B |
| And pointed crystals break the sparkling rill | B |
| Unpolish'd gems no ray on pride bestow | C |
| And latent metals innocently glow | C |
| Approach Great Nature studiously behold | D |
| And eye the mine without a wish for gold | D |
| Approach but awful lo the Aegerian grot | D |
| Where nobly pensive St John sate and thought | D |
| Where British sighs from dying Wyndham stole | E |
| And the bright flame was shot through Marchmont's soul | E |
| Let such such only tread this sacred floor | F |
| Who dare to love their country and be poor | G |
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| VARIATIONS | H |
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| After VER in the MS | I |
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| Yon see that island's wealth where only free | J |
| Earth to her entrails feels not tyranny | J |
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| i e Britain is the only place on the globe which feels not tyranny | J |
| even to its very entrails Alluding to the condemnation of criminals to | D |
| the mines one of the inflictions of civil justice in most countries W | D |
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| VER in MS it was thus | K |
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| To Wyndham's breast the patriot passions stole | E |
Alexander Pope
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