Enquiry After Peace Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFF DDGGHHHIIJJKKLLGGLLL LLLLLMLNN| PEACE where art thou to be found | A |
| Where in all the spacious Round | A |
| May thy Footsteps be pursu'd | B |
| Where may thy calm Seats be view'd | B |
| On some Mountain dost thou lie | C |
| Serenely near the ambient Sky | C |
| Smiling at the Clouds below | D |
| Where rough Storms and Tempests grow | D |
| Or in some retired Plain | E |
| Undisturb'd dost thou remain | E |
| Where no angry Whirlwinds pass | F |
| Where no Floods oppress the Grass | F |
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| High above or deep below | D |
| Fain I thy Retreat wou'd know | D |
| Fain I thee alone wou'd find | G |
| Balm to my o'er weary'd Mind | G |
| Since what here the World enjoys | H |
| Or our Passions most employs | H |
| Peace opposes or destroys | H |
| Pleasure's a tumultuous thing | I |
| Busy still and still on Wing | I |
| Flying swift from place to place | J |
| Darting from each beauteous Face | J |
| From each strongly mingled Bowl | K |
| Through th'inflam'd and restless Soul | K |
| Sov'reign Pow'r who fondly craves | L |
| But himself to Pomp enslaves | L |
| Stands the Envy of Mankind | G |
| Peace in vain attempts to find | G |
| Thirst of Wealth no Quiet knows | L |
| But near the Death bed fiercer grows | L |
| Wounding Men with secret Stings | L |
| For Evils it on Others brings | L |
| War who not discreetly shuns | L |
| Thorough Life the Gauntlet runs | L |
| Swords and Pikes and Waves and Flames | L |
| Each their Stroke against him aims | L |
| Love if such a thing there be | M |
| Is all Despair or Extasie | L |
| Poetry's the feav'rish Fit | N |
| Th' o'erflowing of unbounded Wit | N |
Anne Kingsmill Finch
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