Sonnet Xxix. Subject Continued Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACDCDCD| If GENIUS has its danger grief and pain | A |
| That Common Sense escapes yet who wou'd change | B |
| The Powers thro' Nature and thro' Art that range | B |
| To keep the bounded tho' more safe domain | A |
| Of moderate Intellect where all we gain | A |
| Is cold approvance where the sweet the strange | B |
| Soft and sublime in vivid interchange | B |
| Nor glad the spirit nor enrich the brain | A |
| Destructive shall we deem yon noon tide blaze | C |
| If transiently the eye o'er power'd resign | D |
| Distinct perception Shall we rather praise | C |
| The Moon's wan light with owlish choice incline | D |
| That Common Sense her lunar lamp shou'd raise | C |
| Than that the solar fires of GENIUS shine | D |
Anna Seward
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