Sonnet Xlvii. On Mr. Sargent's Dramatic Poem, The Mine[1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACBBAAADADA E| With lyre Orphean see a Bard explore | A |
| The central caverns of the mornless Night | B |
| Where never Muse perform'd harmonious rite | B |
| Till now and lo upon the sparry floor | A |
| Advance to welcome him each Sister Power | C |
| Petra stern Queen Fossilia cold and bright | B |
| And call their Gnomes to marshal in his sight | B |
| The gelid incrust and the veined ore | A |
| And flashing gem Then while his songs pourtray | A |
| The mystic virtues gold and gems acquire | A |
| With every charm that mineral scenes display | D |
| Th' imperial Sisters praise the daring Lyre | A |
| And grateful hail its new and powerful lay | D |
| That seats them high amid the Muses' Choir | A |
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| Petra and Fossilia are Personifications of the first and last division of the Fossil Kingdom The Author of this beautiful Poem supposes the Gnomes to be Spirits of the Mine performing the behests of Petra and Fossilia as the Sylphs Gnomes Salamanders c appear as Handmaids of the Nymph of Botany in that exquisite sport of Imagination THE BOTANIC GARDEN | E |
Anna Seward
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