The Comet - October, 1858 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDE CFGCHH ICCJCH KLHMNO PQHRQH SHTUBH CVCWCH XYHZA2H

Erratic Soul of some great Purpose doomedA
To track the wild illimitable spaceB
Till sure propitiation has been madeC
For the divine commission unperformedC
What was thy crime Ahasuerus' curseD
Were not more stern on earth than thine in HeavenE
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Art thou the Spirit of some Angel WorldC
For grave rebellion banished from thy peersF
Compelled to watch the calm immortal starsG
Circling in rapture the celestial voidC
While the avenger follows in thy trainH
To spur thee on to wretchedness eterneH
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Or one of nature's wildest fantasiesI
From which she flies in terror so profoundC
And with such whirl of torment in her breastC
That mighty earthquakes yearn where'er she treadsJ
While War makes red its terrible right handC
And Famine stalks abroad all lean and wanH
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To us thou art as exquisitely fairK
As the ideal visions of the seerL
Or gentlest fancy that e'er floated downH
Imagination's bright unruffled streamM
Wedding the thought that was too deep for wordsN
To the low breathings of inspir d songO
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When the stars sang together o'er the birthP
Of the poor Babe at Bethlehem that layQ
In the coarse manger at the crowded InnH
Didst thou perhaps a bright exalted starR
Refuse to swell the grand harmonious layQ
Jealous as Herod of the birth divineH
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Or when the crown of thorns on CalvaryS
Pierced the Redeemer's brow didst thou disdainH
To weep when all the planetary worldsT
Were blinded by the fulness of their tearsU
E'en to the flaming sun that hid his faceB
At the loud cry Lama SabachthaniH
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No rest No rest the very damned have thatC
In the dark councils of remotest HellV
Where the dread scheme was perfected that sealedC
Thy disobedience and accruing doomW
Like Adam's sons hast thou too forfeitedC
The blest repose that never pillowed SinH
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No none can tell thy fate thou wandering SphinxX
Pale Science searching by the midnight lampY
Through the vexed mazes of the human brainH
Still fails to read the secret of its soulZ
As the superb enigma flashes byA2
A loosed Prometheus burning with disdainH

Charles Sangster



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