L-allegro Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABBCAACDDEECCDFGFDHD IJEEKKLLMMNNIOOPPCQA QQRSQQQQSTTUVVUQUUWU QWXQXQQYYYQQZZQQUA2A 2UB2B2B2B2B2B2B2B2C2 QQQAAQAQ

FelicityA
Who ope'st to none that knocks yet laughing weakB
Yield'st all to Love that will not seekB
And who though won wilt droop and dieC
Unless wide doors bespeak thee freeA
How safe's the bond of thee and meA
Since thee I cherish and defyC
Is't Love or Friendship Dearest we obeyD
Ah thou art young and I am grayD
But happy man is he who knowsE
How well time goesE
With no unkind intruder byC
Between such friends as thou and IC
'Twould wrong thy favour Sweet were I to sayD
'Tis best by farF
When best things are not possibleG
To make the best of those that areF
For though it be not MayD
Sure few delights of Spring excelH
The beauty of this mild September dayD
So with me walkI
And view the dreaming field and bossy Autumn woodJ
And how in humble russet goesE
The Spouse of Honour fair ReposeE
Far from a world whence love is fledK
And truth is dying because joy is deadK
And if we hear the roaring wheelL
Of God's remoter service public zealL
Let us to stiller place retireM
And glad admireM
How near Him sounds of working ceaseN
In little fervour and much peaceN
And let us talkI
Of holy things in happy moodO
Learnt of thy blest twin sister CertitudeO
Or let's about our neighbours chatP
Well praising this less praising thatP
And judging outer strangers byC
Those gentle and unsanction'd linesQ
To which remorse of equityA
Of old hath moved the School divinesQ
Or linger where this willow bendsQ
And let us till the melody be caughtR
Harken that sudden singing thoughtS
On which unguess'd increase to life perchance dependsQ
He ne'er hears twice the same who hearsQ
The songs of heaven's unanimous spheresQ
And this may be the song to make at last amendsQ
For many sighs and boons in vain long soughtS
Now careless let us stray or stopT
To see the partridge from the covey dropT
Or while the evening air's like yellow wineU
From the pure stream take outV
The playful troutV
That jerks with rasping check the struggled lineU
Or to the Farm where high on trampled stacksQ
The labourers stir themselves amainU
To feed with hasty sheaves of grainU
The deaf'ning engine's boisterous mawW
And snatch againU
From to and fro tormenting racksQ
The toss'd and hustled strawW
Whilst others tend the shedded wheatX
That fills yon row of shuddering sacksQ
Or shift them quick and bind them neatX
And dogs and boys with sticksQ
Wait murderous for the rats that leave the ruin'd ricksQ
And all the bags being fill'd and rank'd fivefold they pourY
The treasure on the barn's clean floorY
And take them back for moreY
Until the whole bared harvest beauteous liesQ
Under our pleased and prosperous eyesQ
Then let us give our idlest hourZ
To the world's wisdom and its powerZ
Hear famous Golden Tongue refuseQ
To gander sauce that's good for gooseQ
Or the great Clever Party conU
How many grains of sifted sandA2
Heap'd make a likely house to standA2
How many fools one SolomonU
Science beyond all other lustB2
Endow'd with appetite for dustB2
We glance at where it grunts well sty'dB2
And pass upon the other sideB2
Pass also by in pensive moodB2
Taught by thy kind twin sister CertitudeB2
Yon puzzled crowd whose tired intentB2
Hunts like a pack without a scentB2
And now come homeC2
Where none of our mild daysQ
Can fail though simple to confessQ
The magic of mysteriousnessQ
For there 'bide charming Wonders threeA
Besides Sweet theeA
To comprehend whose commonest waysQ
Ev'n could that beA
Were coward's 'vantage and no true man's praiseQ

Coventry Patmore



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