Sonnet Xxvi. To The River Arun Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGG| ON thy wild banks by frequent torrents worn | A |
| No glittering fanes or marble domes appear | B |
| Yet shall the mournful muse thy course adorn | A |
| And still to her thy rustic waves be dear | B |
| For with the infant Otway lingering here | C |
| Of early woes she bade her votary dream | D |
| While thy low murmurs sooth'd his pensive ear | C |
| And still the poet consecrates the stream | D |
| Beneath the oak and birch that fringe thy side | E |
| The first born violets of the year shall spring | F |
| And in thy hazles bending o'er the tide | E |
| The earliest nightingale delight to sing | F |
| While kindred spirits pitying shall relate | G |
| Thy Otway's sorrows and lament his fate | G |
Charlotte Smith
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