Herse Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDEEFFGGGGGGAAGG AAHHFFAAAAIIGGAAJJGG KLMMAAGGNNAAOOFFIIGG FFFFPPBBOOQQRREE| When grace is given us ever to behold | A |
| A child some sweet months old | A |
| Love laying across our lips his finger saith | B |
| Smiling with bated breath | B |
| Hush for the holiest thing that lives is here | C |
| And heaven's own heart how near | D |
| How dare we that may gaze not on the sun | E |
| Gaze on this verier one | E |
| Heart hold thy peace eyes be cast down for shame | F |
| Lips breathe not yet its name | F |
| In heaven they know what name to call it we | G |
| How should we know For see | G |
| The adorable sweet living marvellous | G |
| Strange light that lightens us | G |
| Who gaze desertless of such glorious grace | G |
| Full in a babe's warm face | G |
| All roses that the morning rears are nought | A |
| All stars not worth a thought | A |
| Set this one star against them or suppose | G |
| As rival this one rose | G |
| What price could pay with earth's whole weight of geld | A |
| One least flushed roseleafs fold | A |
| Of all this dimpling store of smiles that shine | H |
| From each warm curve and line | H |
| Each charm of flower sweet flesh to reillume | F |
| The dappled rose red bloom | F |
| Of all its dainty body honey sweet | A |
| Clenched hands and curled up feet | A |
| That on the roses of the dawn have trod | A |
| As they came down from God | A |
| And keep the flush and colour that the sky | I |
| Takes when the sun comes nigh | I |
| And keep the likeness of the smile their grace | G |
| Evoked on God's own face | G |
| When seeing this work of his most heavenly mood | A |
| He saw that it was good | A |
| For all its warm sweet body seems one smile | J |
| And mere men's love too vile | J |
| To meet it or with eyes that worship dims | G |
| Read o'er the little limbs | G |
| Read all the book of all their beauties o'er | K |
| Rejoice revere adore | L |
| Bow down and worship each delight in turn | M |
| Laugh wonder yield and yearn | M |
| But when our trembling kisses dare yet dread | A |
| Even to draw nigh its head | A |
| And touch and scarce with touch or breath surprise | G |
| Its mild miraculous eyes | G |
| Out of their viewless vision O what then | N |
| What may be said of men | N |
| What speech may name a new born child what word | A |
| Earth ever spake or heard | A |
| The best men's tongue that ever glory knew | O |
| Called that a drop of dew | O |
| Which from the breathing creature's kindly womb | F |
| Came forth in blameless bloom | F |
| We have no word as had those men most high | I |
| To call a baby by | I |
| Rose ruby lily pearl of stormless seas | G |
| A better word than these | G |
| A better sign it was than flower or gem | F |
| That love revealed to them | F |
| They knew that whence comes light or quickening flame | F |
| Thence only this thing came | F |
| And only might be likened of our love | P |
| To somewhat born above | P |
| Not even to sweetest things dropped else on earth | B |
| Only to dew's own birth | B |
| Nor doubt we but their sense was heavenly true | O |
| Babe when we gaze on you | O |
| A dew drop out of heaven whose colours are | Q |
| More bright than sun or star | Q |
| As now ere watching love dare fear or hope | R |
| Lips hands and eyelids ope | R |
| And all your life is mixed with earthly leaven | E |
| O child what news from heaven | E |
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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