Ode To Borrowdale Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCCB DEED FGGHHF IIJJKK LLMMDDNO PPII QQRRSSTTQQ PP II UUVW UUXQYZ UUUUTTA2A2UUUUQQ B2C2D2D2UUQXYZUUUU QQ UUQQE2E2TTC2B2 F2F2UUF2F2QQ

IN CUMBERLANDA
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Hail Derwent's beauteous prideB
Whose charms rough rocks in threatening grandeur guardC
Whose entrance seems to mortals barredC
But to the Genius of the storm thrown wideB
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He on thy rock's dread heightD
Reclined beneath his canopy of cloudsE
His form in darkness shroudsE
And frowns as fixt to keep thy beauties from the sightD
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But rocks and storms are vainF
Midst mountains rough and rudeG
Man's daring feet intrudeG
Till lo upon the ravished eyeH
Burst thy clear stream thy smiling skyH
Thy wooded valley and thy matchless plainF
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Bright vale the Muse's choicest themeI
My morning thought my midnight dreamI
Still memory paints thee smiling sceneJ
Still views the robe of purest greenJ
Refreshed by beauty shedding rainsK
Which wraps thy flower enamelled plainsK
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Still marks thy mountains' fronts sublimeL
Force graces from the hand of timeL
Still I thy rugged rocks recallM
Which seem as nodding to their fallM
Whose wonders fixed my aching sightD
Till terror yielded to delightD
And my surprises pleasures fearsN
Were told by slow delicious tearsO
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But suddenly the smiling dayP
That cheered the valley flies awayP
The wooded rocks the rapid streamI
No longer boast the noon tide beamI
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But storms athwart the mountains sailQ
And darkly brood o'er BorrowdaleQ
The frightened swain his cottage seeksR
Ere the thick cloud in terror speaksR
And see pale lightning flashes roundS
While as the thunder's awful soundS
On Echo's pinion widely fliesT
Yon cataract's roar unheeded diesT
And thee Sublimity I hailQ
Throned on the gloom of BorrowdaleQ
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But soon the thunder dies awayP
The flash withdraws its fearful rayP
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Again upon the silver streamI
Waves in bright wreaths the noon tide beamI
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O scene sequestered varied wildU
Scene formed to soothe Affliction's childU
How blest were I to watch each charmV
That decks thy vale in storm or calmW
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To see Aurora's hand unbindU
The mists by night's chill power confinedU
Upon the mountain's dusky browX
Then mark their colours as they flowQ
Gliding the colder West to seekY
As from the East day's splendours breakZ
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Now the green plain enchants the sightU
Adorned with spots of yellow lightU
While by its magic influence shadeU
With contrast seems each charm to aidU
And clothes the woods in deeper dyesT
To suit the azure vested skiesT
While lo the lofty rocks aboveA2
Where proudly towers the bird of JoveA2
See from the view yon radiant cloudU
His broad and sable pinions shroudU
Till as he onward wings his flightU
He vanishes in floods of lightU
Where feathered clouds on ther sailQ
And glittering hang o'er BorrowdaleQ
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Or at still midnight's solemn hourB2
When the dull bat revolves no moreC2
In search of nature's awful graceD2
I'd go with slow and cautious paceD2
Where the loud torrent's foaming tideU
Lashes the rock's uneven sideU
That rock which o'er the stream belowQ
Bending its moss clad crumbling browX
Makes pale with fear the wanderer's cheekY
Nor midnight's silence fails to breakZ
By fragments from its aged headU
Which rushing to the river's bedU
Cause as they dash the waters roundU
A dread variety of soundU
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While I the gloomy grandeur hailQ
And awe struck rove through BorrowdaleQ
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Yes scene sequestered varied wildU
So form'd to soothe Affliction's childU
Sweet Borrowdale to thee I'll flyQ
To hush my bosom's ceaseless sighQ
If yet in Nature's store there beE2
One kind heart healing balm for meE2
Now the long hours are told by sighsT
And sorrow steals health's crimson dyesT
If aught can smiles and bloom restoreC2
Ah surely thine's the precious powerB2
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Then take me to thy world of charmsF2
And hush my tortured breast's alarmsF2
Thy scenes with unobtrusive artU
Shall steal the mourner from her heartU
The hands in sorrow claspt uncloseF2
Bid her sick soul on Heaven reposeF2
And soothed by time and nature hailQ
Health peace and hope in BorrowdaleQ

Amelia Opie



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