Sonnet Xxx. To The River Arun Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFGFHH| BE the proud Thames of trade the busy mart | A |
| Arun to thee will other praise belong | B |
| Dear to the lover's and the mourner's heart | A |
| And ever sacred to the sons of song | B |
| Thy banks romantic hopeless Love shall seek | C |
| Where o'er the rocks the mantling bindwith flaunts | D |
| And Sorrow's drooping form and faded cheek | C |
| Choose on thy willow'd shore her lonely haunts | D |
| Banks which inspired thy Otway's plaintive strain | E |
| Wilds whose lorn echoes learned the deeper tone | F |
| Of Collins' powerful shell yet once again | G |
| Another poet Hayley is thine own | F |
| Thy classic stream anew shall hear a lay | H |
| Bright as its waves and various as its way | H |
Charlotte Smith
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