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The Angel In The House. Book Ii. Canto Ii. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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Preludes	A
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I The Changed Allegiance	B
Watch how a bird that captived sings	C
The cage set open first looks out	D
Yet fears the freedom of his wings	C
And now withdraws and flits about	D
And now looks forth again until	E
Grown bold he hops on stool and chair	F
And now attains the window sill	E
And now confides himself to air	F
The maiden so from love's free sky	G
In chaste and prudent counsels caged	H
But longing to be loosen'd by	G
Her suitor's faith declared and gaged	H
When blest with that release desired	H
First doubts if truly she is free	I
Then pauses restlessly retired	H
Alarm'd at too much liberty	I
But soon remembering all her debt	H
To plighted passion gets by rote	H
Her duty says I love him yet	H
The thought half chokes her in her throat	H
And like that fatal I am thine	J
Comes with alternate gush and check	K
And joltings of the heart as wine	J
Pour'd from a flask of narrow neck	K
Is he indeed her choice She fears	L
Her Yes was rashly said and shame	M
Remorse and ineffectual tears	N
Revolt from his conceded claim	M
Oh treason So with desperate nerve	O
She cries I am in love am his	P
Lets run the cables of reserve	O
And floats into a sea of bliss	Q
And laughs to think of her alarm	R
Avows she was in love before	S
Though his avowal was the charm	R
Which open'd to her own the door	S
She loves him for his mastering air	F
Whence Parthian like she slaying flies	T
His flattering look which seems to wear	F
Her loveliness in manly eyes	T
His smile which by reverse portends	U
An awful wrath should reason stir	V
How fortunate it is they're friends	U
And he will ne'er be wroth with her	V
His power to do or guard from harm	R
If he but chose to use it half	W
And catch her up in one strong arm	R
What could she do but weep or laugh	W
His words which still instruct but so	X
That this applause seems still implied	H
How wise in all she ought to know	X
How ignorant of all beside	H
His skilful suit which leaves her free	I
Gives nothing for the world to name	M
And keeps her conscience safe while he	I
With half the bliss takes all the blame	M
His clear repute with great and small	Y
The jealousy his choice will stir	V
But ten times more than ten times all	Y
She loves him for his love of her	V
How happy 'tis he seems to see	I
In her that utter loveliness	I
Which she for his sake longs to be	I
At times she cannot but confess	I
Her other friends are somewhat blind	H
Her parents' years excuse neglect	H
But all the rest are scarcely kind	H
And brothers grossly want respect	H
And oft she views what he admires	I
Within her glass and sight of this	I
Makes all the sum of her desires	I
To be devotion unto his	I
But still at first whatever's done	Z
A touch her hand press'd lightly she	I
Stands dizzied shock'd and flush'd like one	Z
Set sudden neck deep in the sea	I
And though her bond for endless time	A2
To his good pleasure gives her o'er	V
The slightest favour seems a crime	A2
Because it makes her love him more	S
But that she ne'er will let him know	X
For what were love should reverence cease	I
A thought which makes her reason so	X
Inscrutable it seems caprice	I
With her as with a desperate town	B2
Too weak to stand too proud to treat	H
The conqueror though the walls are down	B2
Has still to capture street by street	H
But after that habitual faith	C2
Divorced from self where late 'twas due	H
Walks nobly in its novel path	D2
And she's to changed allegiance true	H
And prizing what she can't prevent	H
Right wisdom often misdeem'd whim	E2
Her will's indomitably bent	H
On mere submissiveness to him	E2
To him she'll cleave for him forsake	F2
Father's and mother's fond command	H
He is her lord for he can take	F2
Hold of her faint heart with his hand	H
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II Beauty	I
Beauty deludes O shaft well shot	H
To strike the mark's true opposite	H
That ugly good is scorn'd proves not	H
Tis beauty lies but lack of it	H
By Heaven's law the Jew might take	F2
A slave to wife if she was fair	F
So strong a plea does beauty make	F2
That where 'tis seen discretion's there	F
If by a monstrous chance we learn	G2
That this illustrious vaunt's a lie	G
Our minds by which the eyes discern	G2
See hideous contrariety	H
And laugh at Nature's wanton mood	H
Which thus a swinish thing to flout	H
Though haply in its gross way good	H
Hangs such a jewel in its snout	H
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III Lais and Lucretia	H2
Did first his beauty wake her sighs	I
That's Lais Thus Lucretia's known	I2
The beauty in her Lover's eyes	I
Was admiration of her own	I2
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The Course Of True Love	J2
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I	G
Oh beating heart of sweet alarm	R
Which stays the lover's step when near	K2
His mistress and her awful charm	R
Of grace and innocence sincere	K2
I held the half shut door and heard	H
The voice of my betrothed wife	L2
Who sang my verses every word	H
By music taught its latent life	L2
With interludes of well touch'd notes	I
That flash'd surprising and serene	M2
As meteor after meteor floats	I
The soft autumnal stars between	M2
There was a passion in her tone	I2
A tremor when she touch'd the keys	I
Which told me she was there alone	I2
And uttering all her soul at ease	I
I enter'd for I did not choose	I
To learn how in her heart I throve	N2
By chance or stealth beyond her use	I
Her greeting flatter'd me with love	J2
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II	G
With true love's treacherous confidence	I
And ire at last to laughter won	Z
She spoke this speech and mark'd its sense	I
By action as her Aunt had done	Z
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III	G
'You with your looks and catching air	F
'To think of Vaughan You fool You know	X
'You might with ordinary care	F
'Ev'n yet be Lady Clitheroe	F
'You're sure he'll do great things some day	H
'Nonsense he won't he's dress'd too well	O2
'Dines with the Sterling Club they say	H
'Not commonly respectable	P2
'Half Puritan half Cavalier	F
'His curly hair I think's a wig	Q2
'And for his fortune why my Dear	F
''Tis not enough to keep a gig	Q2
'Rich Aunts and Uncles never die	G
'And what you bring won't do for dress	I
'And so you'll live on Bye and bye	G
'With oaten cake and water cress '	-
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IV	J2
I cried but did not let her see	I
At last she soften'd her dispraise	I
On learning you had bought for me	I
A carriage and a pair of bays	I
But here she comes You take her in	R2
To dinner I impose this task	S2
Make her approve my love and win	R2
What thanks from me you choose to ask	S2
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V	I
My niece has told you every word	H
I said of you What may I mean	M2
Of course she has but you've not heard	H
How I abused you to the Dean	M2
Yes I'll take wine he's mad like her	F
And she will have you there it ends	I
And now I've done my duty Sir	F
And you've shown common sense we're friends	I
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VI	J2
Go Child and see him out yourself	J2
Aunt Maude said after tea and show	X
The place upon that upper shelf	J2
Where Petrarch stands lent long ago	X
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VII	J2
These rose leaves to my heart be press'd	H
Honoria while it aches for you	H
The rose in ruin from her breast	H
Fell as I took a fond adieu	H
You must go now Love See the air	F
Is thick with starlight Let me tie	J2
This scarf on Oh your Petrarch There	F
I'm coming Aunt Sweet Sweet Good bye	J2
Ah Love to me 'tis death to part	H
Yet you my sever'd life smile on	T2
These 'Good nights ' Felix break my heart	H
I'm only gay till you are gone	U2
With love's bright arrows from her eyes	I
And balm on her permissive lips	I
She pass'd and night was a surprise	I
As when the sun at Quito dips	I
Her beauties were like sunlit snows	I
Flush'd but not warm'd with my desire	F
Oh how I loved her Fiercely glows	I
In the pure air of frost the fire	F
Who for a year is sure of fate	H
I thought dishearten'd as I went	H
Wroth with the Dean who bade me wait	H
And vex'd with her who seem'd content	H
Nay could eternal life afford	H
That tyranny should thus deduct	H
From this fair land which call'd me lord	H
A year	F