1897 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGHGHIJIJ DKDKLMLMDNDN| Deep in my hidden country stands a peak | A |
| and none hath known its name | B |
| and none save I hath even skill to seek | A |
| thence my wild spirit came | B |
| Thither I turn when the day's garish world | C |
| too long hath vex'd my sight | D |
| and bare my limbs where the great winds are whirl'd | C |
| and life's undreaded might | D |
| For there I know the pools of clearest blue | E |
| glad wells of simple sooth | F |
| there steep'd in strength of glacier springs renew | E |
| the lucid body of youth | F |
| there I alone may know the joy of quest | G |
| and keen delight of cold | H |
| or rest what time the night with naked breast | G |
| and shaken hair of gold | H |
| folds me so close that her great breath would seem | I |
| to fill the darkling heart | J |
| with solemn certainty of ancient dream | I |
| or whisperingly to impart | J |
| aeonian life larger than seas of light | D |
| more limpid than the dawn | K |
| there when my foot hath touch'd the topmost height | D |
| the fire from heaven is drawn | K |
| If any murmur that my 'sdainful hand | L |
| withholds its sacrifice | M |
| where ranged unto the Law the peoples stand | L |
| let this blown word suffice | M |
| The gift of self is self's most sacred right | D |
| only where none hath trod | N |
| only upon my secret starry height | D |
| I abdicate to God | N |
Christopher John Brennan
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