Deliciae Sapientiae De Amore Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABBAACDEECEFGHIGIIGJ JKKGLLMNMNOPGGKKQKQC CRSKTTKUGVVGUUWGWXYG ZA2VKB2KB2VB2CKKKKGG A2A2KKKKGC2KC2D2E2KF 2F2NG2H2I2NKKH2KKH2K KJ2J2KKKKKKKK2KK2KKK KKG2A2A2VVVVGGAAKKKK KL2CCKKD

Love light for meA
Thy ruddiest blazing torchB
That I albeit a beggar by the PorchB
Of the glad Palace of VirginityA
May gaze within k and sing the pomp I seeA
For crown'd with roses allC
'Tis there O Love they keep thy festivalD
But first warn off the beatific spotE
Those wretched who have notE
Even afar beheld the shining wallC
And those who once beholding have forgotE
And those most vile who dressF
The charnel spectre drearG
Of utterly dishallow'd nothingnessH
In that refulgent fameI
And cry Lo hereG
And nameI
The Lady whose smiles inflameI
The sphereG
Bring Love anear And bid be not afraidJ
Young Lover true and love foreboding MaidJ
And wedded Spouse if virginal of thoughtK
for I will sing of noughtK
Less sweet to hearG
Than seemsL
A music their half remember'd dreamsL
The magnet calls the steelM
Answers the iron to the magnet's breathN
What do they feelM
But deathN
The clouds of summer kiss in flame and rainO
And are not found againP
But the heavens themselves eternal are with fireG
Of unapproach'd desireG
By the aching heart of Love which cannot restK
In blissfullest pathos so indeed possess'dK
O spousals highQ
O doctrine blestK
Unutterable in even the happiest sighQ
This know ye allC
Who can recallC
With what a welling of indignant tearsR
LOve's simpleness first hearsS
The meaning of his mortal covenantK
And from what pride comes downT
To wear the crownT
Of which 'twas very heaven to feel the wantK
How envies he the waysU
Of yonder hopeless starG
And so would laugh and yearnV
With trembling lids eterneV
Ineffably content from infinitely farG
Only to gazeU
On his bright Mistress's responding raysU
That never know eclipseW
And once in his long year With praeternuptial ecstasy and fearG
By the delicious law of that ellipseW
Wherein all citizens of ether moveX
With hastening pace to comeY
Nearer though never nearG
His LoveZ
And always inaccessible sweet HomeA2
There on his path doubly to burnV
Kiss'd by her doubled lightK
That whispers of its sourceB2
The ardent secret ever clothed with NightK
Then go forth in new forceB2
Towards a new returnV
Rejoicing as a Bridegroom on his courseB2
This know ye allC
Therefore gaze boldK
That so in you be joyful hope increas'dK
Thorough the Palace portals and beholdK
The dainty and unsating Marriage FeastK
O hearG
Them singing clearG
'Cor meum et caro mea'round the 'I am'A2
The Husband of the Heavens and the LambA2
Whom they for ever follow there that keptK
Or losing never sleptK
Till they reconquer'd had in mortal fightK
The standard whiteK
O hearG
From the harps they bore from Earth five strung what music springsC2
While the glad Spirits chideK
The wondering stringsC2
And how the shining sacrificial ChoirsD2
Offering for aye their dearest hearts' desiresE2
Which to their hearts come back beatifiedK
Hymn the bright aisles alongF2
The nuptial songF2
Song ever new to us and them that saithN
'Hail Virgin in Virginity a Spouse 'G2
Heard first belowH2
Within the little houseI2
At NazarethN
Heard yet in many a cell where brides of ChristK
Lie hid emparadisedK
And where althoughH2
By the hour 'tis nightK
There's lightK
The Day still lingering in the lap of snowH2
Gaze and be not afraidK
Ye wedded few that honour in sweet thoughtK
And glittering willJ2
So freshly from the garden gather stillJ2
The lily sacrificedK
For ye though self suspected here for noughtK
Are highly styledK
With the thousands twelve times twelve of undefiledK
Gaze and be not afraidK
Young Lover true and love foreboding MaidK
The full Moon of deific vision brightK
Abashes nor abatesK2
No spark minute of Nature's keen delightK
'Tis there your Hymen waitsK2
There wher in courts afar all unconfused they crowdK
As fumes the starlight softK
In gulfs of cloudK
And each to the other well contentK
Sighs oftK
''Twas this we meant 'G2
Gaze without blameA2
Ye in whom living Love yet blushes for dead shameA2
There of pure Virgins noneV
Is fairer seenV
Save OneV
Than Mary MagdaleneV
Gaze without doubt or fearG
Ye to whom generous Love by any name is dearG
Love makes the life to beA
A fount perpetual of virginityA
For lo the ElectK
Of generous Love how named soe'er affectK
Nothing but GodK
Or mediate or directK
Nothing but GodK
The Husband of the HeavensL2
And who Him love in potence great or smallC
Are one and allC
Heirs of the Palace gladK
And inly cladK
With the bridal robes of ardour virginalD

Coventry Patmore



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