At Rome Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABCCBAA DDDEEEEF FFCCAAGGHHIIJJEKLLMM NNOOPPFFFQQOOAAARR

O richly soiled and richly sunnedA
Exuberant fervid and fecundA
Is this the fixed conditionB
On which may Northern pilgrim comeC
To imbibe thine ether air and sumC
Thy store of old traditionB
Must we be chill if clean and standA
Foot deep in dirt on classic landA
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So is it in all ages soD
And in all places man can knowD
From homely roots unseen belowD
The stem in forest field and bowerE
Derives the emanative powerE
That crowns it with the ethereal flowerE
From mixtures foetid foul and sourE
Draws juices that those petals fillF
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Ah Nature if indeed thy willF
Thou own'st it it shall not be illF
And truly here in this quick climeC
Where scarcely bound by space or timeC
The elements in half a dayA
Toss off with exquisitest playA
What our cold seasons toil and grieveG
And never quite at last achieveG
Where processes with pain and fearH
Disgust and horror wrought appearH
The quick mutations of a danceI
Wherein retiring but to advanceI
Life in brief interpause of deathJ
One moment sitting taking breathJ
Forth comes again as glad as e'erE
In some new figure full as fairK
Where what has scarcely ceased to beL
Instinct with newer birth we seeL
What dies already look you livesM
In such a clime who thinks forgivesM
Who sees will understand who knowsN
In calm of knowledge find reposeN
And thoughtful as of glory goneO
So too of more to come anonO
Of permanent existence sureP
Brief intermediate breaks endureP
O Nature if indeed thy willF
Thou ownest it it is not illF
And e'en as oft on heathy hillF
On moorland black and ferny fellsQ
Beside thy brooks and in thy dellsQ
Was welcomed erst the kindly stainO
Of thy true earth e'en so againO
With resignation fair and meetA
The dirt and refuse of thy streetA
My philosophic foot shall greetA
So leave but perfect to my eyeR
Thy columns set against thy skyR

Arthur Hugh Clough



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