Sonnet Xl. December Morning[1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACDCDCD E F| I love to rise ere gleams the tardy light | A |
| Winter's pale dawn and as warm fires illume | B |
| And cheerful tapers shine around the room | B |
| Thro' misty windows bend my musing sight | A |
| Where round the dusky lawn the mansions white | A |
| With shutters clos'd peer faintly thro' the gloom | B |
| That slow recedes while yon grey spires assume | B |
| Rising from their dark pile an added height | A |
| By indistinctness given Then to decree | C |
| The grateful thoughts to GOD ere they unfold | D |
| To Friendship or the Muse or seek with glee | C |
| Wisdom's rich page O hours more worth than gold | D |
| By whose blest use we lengthen Life and free | C |
| From drear decays of Age outlive the Old | D |
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| Dec th | E |
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| This Sonnet was written in an Apartment of the West Front of the Bishop's Palace at Lichfield inhabited by the Author from her thirteenth year It looks upon the Cathedral Area a green Lawn encircled by Prebendal Houses which are white from being rough cast | F |
Anna Seward
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About Sonnet Xl. December Morning[1]
Sonnet Xl. December Morning[1] is a poem by Anna Seward. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.