A Contemplation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIH JKJL MNMN OKOK PQPQ RORO STST UVWV MXMX YZYZ YYYY ZZZZ ZA2ZA2 YB2YC2 D2YD2Y YYYY E2F2G2F2 YYYY H2YI2Y J2K2J2K2 YF2YF2 ZYZY| Indulg'd by ev'ry active thought | A |
| When upwards they wou'd fly | B |
| Nor can Ambition be a fault | C |
| If plac'd above the sky | B |
| When humbld first we meekly crave | D |
| Remission for the past | E |
| We from the fore tasts which we have | F |
| May guesse our Joys at last | E |
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| Then let my Contemplation soar | G |
| And Heav'n my Subject be | H |
| Though low on Earth in nature poor | I |
| Some prospect we may see | H |
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| And now that scene before me stands | J |
| And large Possessions there | K |
| Where none usurps anothers Lands | J |
| And Theives we do not fear | L |
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| All Care all Sorrow all Surprise | M |
| Fly from that World of peace | N |
| Where tears are wip'd from clouded Eyes | M |
| And Sighs for ever cease | N |
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| Decay or Sicknesse find no place | O |
| In that untainted Air | K |
| But still th'incorruptable Face | O |
| Shall as at first be fair | K |
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| Agility in pace or flight | P |
| The Blessed shall convey | Q |
| Where e're the Lamb more fair then light | P |
| Shall lead the radiant way | Q |
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| Whilst Praises in Seraphick Sounds | R |
| The blisful road shall trace | O |
| And musick seem to passe the bounds | R |
| Even of unbounded Space | O |
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| Such balmy Odours shall disperse | S |
| As from the Bridegroom's pores | T |
| The holy Canticles rehearse | S |
| Fell on the Bolts and Doors | T |
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| When to his Spouse the well belov'd | U |
| More white then Jordans Flocks | V |
| Spake whilest her hand the Barrs remov'd | W |
| And dew drops fill'd his locks | V |
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| The Crosse shall there triumphant rise | M |
| And ev'ry Eye shall scan | X |
| That promis'd Ensign in the skies | M |
| Close by the Son of Man | X |
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| With Christ there Charles's Crown shall meet | Y |
| Which Martirdom adorns | Z |
| And prostrate lye beneath his feet | Y |
| My Coronet of Thorns | Z |
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| The Lord to whom my life is joyn'd | Y |
| For Conscience here opprest | Y |
| Shall there full retribution find | Y |
| And none his Claimes molest | Y |
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| Hypocrisy and feign'd pretence | Z |
| To cover foul Dissigns | Z |
| Shall blusshing fly as far from thence | Z |
| As to the deepest Mines | Z |
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| We there shall know the use of Foes | Z |
| Whom here we have forgiven | A2 |
| When we shall thank them for those woes | Z |
| Which pav'd our way to Heaven | A2 |
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| There all good things that we have mist | Y |
| With Int'rest shall return | B2 |
| Whilst those who have each wish possest | Y |
| Shall for that fullnesse mourn | C2 |
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| There Coventry of Tufton's Line | D2 |
| For piety renown'd | Y |
| Shall in transcending virtues Shine | D2 |
| And Equally be Crown'd | Y |
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| Around her shall the Chains be spread | Y |
| Of Captives she has freed | Y |
| And ev'ry Mouth that she has fed | Y |
| Shall testify the deed | Y |
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| Whilst Scools supplied to mend our youth | E2 |
| Shall on the List be shown | F2 |
| A Daughter and a Mother both | G2 |
| In Her the Church shall own | F2 |
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| The Gospell crosse the seas rehearst | Y |
| By her diffusive aid | Y |
| And fifty thousand pounds dispers'd | Y |
| Shall there be largely paid | Y |
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| My Heart by her supporting Love | H2 |
| In all its Cares upheld | Y |
| For that to see her Crown improve | I2 |
| With transports shall be fill'd | Y |
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| From Gratitude what graces flow | J2 |
| What endlesse pleasures spring | K2 |
| From Prayers whilst we remain below | J2 |
| Above whilst Praise we Sing | K2 |
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| And Mammon wert thou well employ'd | Y |
| What Mansions might be wonne | F2 |
| Whilst Woolsey's Pallace lyes destroy'd | Y |
| And Marlbrough's is not done | F2 |
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| Whilst to this Heav'n my Soul Aspires | Z |
| All Suff'rings here are light | Y |
| He travells pleas'd who but desires | Z |
| A Sweet Repose at Night | Y |
Anne Kingsmill Finch
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