Sonnet: - Xviii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDEFGDGCC| I do not wonder that the Druids built | A |
| Their sacred altars in the sacred groves | B |
| Fit place to worship God The native guilt | A |
| Of our poor weak humanity behoves | B |
| That we should set aside no little part | C |
| Of the devotion of the yearning heart | C |
| To rest and peace as typical of that | D |
| Sweet tranquil rest to which the good aspire | E |
| Calm thoughts are as the purifying fire | F |
| That burns the useless dross from life's mixed gold | G |
| And lights the torch of mind While grasping at | D |
| The shadow for the substance youth grows old | G |
| And groves of palm spring up in every heart | C |
| Temples to God wherein we pray and sit apart | C |
Charles Sangster
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