In An Illuminated Missal Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBBCCDDBBDDEF| I would have loved there are no mates in heaven | A |
| I would be great there is no pride in heaven | A |
| I would have sung as doth the nightingale | B |
| The summer's night beneath the moone pale | B |
| But Saintes hymnes alone in heaven prevail | B |
| My love my song my skill my high intent | C |
| Have I within this seely book y pent | C |
| And all that beauty which from every part | D |
| I treasured still alway within mine heart | D |
| Whether of form or face angelical | B |
| Or herb or flower or lofty cathedral | B |
| Upon these sheets below doth lie y spred | D |
| In quaint devices deftly blazoned | D |
| Lord in this tome to thee I sanctify | E |
| The sinful fruits of worldly fantasy | F |
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Charles Kingsley
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