Expectans Expectavi Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH IIJJ| From morn to midnight all day through | A |
| I laugh and play as others do | A |
| I sin and chatter just the same | B |
| As others with a different name | B |
| - | |
| And all year long upon the stage | C |
| I dance and tumble and do rage | C |
| So vehemently I scarcely see | D |
| The inner and eternal me | D |
| - | |
| I have a temple I do not | E |
| Visit a heart I have forgot | E |
| A self that I have never met | F |
| A secret shrine and yet and yet | F |
| - | |
| This sanctuary of my soul | G |
| Unwitting I keep white and whole | G |
| Unlatched and lit if Thou should'st care | H |
| To enter or to tarry there | H |
| - | |
| With parted lips and outstretched hands | I |
| And listening ears Thy servant stands | I |
| Call Thou early call Thou late | J |
| To Thy great service dedicate | J |
Charles Hamilton Sorley
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