The Last Day. Book Ii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON WITH TONOS GREEK SMALL LETTER KAPPA GREEK SMALL LETTER GAMMA GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA GREEK SMALL LETTER ETA GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON WITH TONOS GREEK SMALL LETTER LAMDA GREEK SMALL LETTER PI GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA GREEK SMALL LETTER XI GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON GREEK SMALL LETTER MU GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON GREEK SMALL LETTER NU GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON WITH TONOS GREEK SMALL LETTER FINAL SIGMA GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PHI GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA WITH TONOS GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON GREEK SMALL LETTER FINAL SIGMA GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON WITH TONOS GREEK SMALL LETTER LAMDA GREEK SMALL LETTER THETA GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA GREEK SMALL LETTER NU GREEK CAPITAL LETTER LAMDA GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA GREEK SMALL LETTER PSI GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA GREEK SMALL LETTER NU GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA WITH TONOS GREEK SMALL LETTER PI GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA GREEK SMALL LETTER CHI GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON GREEK SMALL LETTER MU GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON WITH TONOS GREEK SMALL LETTER NU GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA GREEK SMALL LETTER NU GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON WITH TONOS GREEK SMALL LETTER PI GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA GREEK SMALL LETTER SIGMA GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA GREEK SMALL LETTER DELTA GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON WITH TONOS GREEK CAPITAL LETTER THETA GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA	A
GREEK SMALL LETTER TAU GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON GREEK SMALL LETTER LAMDA GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON WITH TONOS GREEK SMALL LETTER THETA GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON GREEK SMALL LETTER NU GREEK SMALL LETTER TAU GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA	A
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PHOCYL	B
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We hope that the departed will rise again from the dust after which like the gods they will be immortal	B
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Now man awakes and from his silent bed	C
Where he has slept for ages lifts his head	C
Shakes off the slumber of ten thousand years	D
And on the borders of new worlds appears	D
Whate'er the bold the rash adventure cost	E
In wide eternity I dare be lost	F
The muse is wont in narrow bounds to sing	G
To teach the swain or celebrate the king	G
I grasp the whole no more to parts confin'd	H
I lift my voice and sing to humankind	H
I sing to men and angels angels join	I
While such the theme their sacred songs with mine	J
Again the trumpet's intermitted sound	K
Rolls the wide circuit of creation round	K
A universal concourse to prepare	L
Of all that ever breath'd the vital air	L
In some wide field which active whirlwinds sweep	M
Drive cities forests mountains to the deep	M
To smooth and lengthen out th' unbounded space	N
And spread an area for all human race	N
Now monuments prove faithful to their trust	O
And render back their long committed dust	O
Now charnels rattle scatter'd limbs and all	B
The various bones obsequious to the call	B
Self mov'd advance the neck perhaps to meet	P
The distant head the distant legs the feet	P
Dreadful to view see thro' the dusky sky	Q
Fragments of bodies in confusion fly	Q
To distant regions journeying there to claim	R
Deserted members and complete the frame	R
When the world bow'd to Rome's almighty sword	S
Rome bow'd to Pompey and confess'd her lord	S
Yet one day lost this deity below	B
Became the scorn and pity of his foe	B
His blood a traitor's sacrifice was made	T
And smok'd indignant on a ruffian's blade	T
No trumpet's sound no gasping army's yell	B
Bid with due horror his great soul farewell	B
Obscure his fall all welt'ring in his gore	U
His trunk was cast to perish on the shore	U
While Julius frown'd the bloody monster dead	C
Who brought the world in his great rival's head	C
This sever'd head and trunk shall join once more	U
Tho' realms now rise between and oceans roar	U
The trumpet's sound each fragrant mote shall hear	V
Or fix'd in earth or if afloat in air	L
Obey the signal wafted in the wind	H
And not one sleeping atom lag behind	H
So swarming bees that on a summer's day	W
In airy rings and wild meanders play	W
Charm'd with the brazen sound their wand'rings end	X
And gently circling on a bough descend	X
The body thus renew'd the conscious soul	B
Which has perhaps been flutt'ring near the pole	B
Or midst the burning planets wond'ring stray'd	T
Or hover'd o'er where her pale corpse was laid	T
Or rather coasted on her final state	Y
And fear'd or wish'd for her appointed fate	Y
This soul returning with a constant flame	R
Now weds for ever her immortal frame	R
Life which ran down before so high is wound	K
The springs maintain an everlasting round	K
Thus a frail model of the work design'd	H
First takes a copy of the builder's mind	H
Before the structure firm with lasting oak	Z
And marble bowels of the solid rock	A2
Turns the strong arch and bids the columns rise	B2
And bear the lofty palace to the skies	B2
The wrongs of time enabled to surpass	C2
With bars of adamant and ribs of brass	C2
That ancient sacred and illustrious dome	D2
Where soon or late fair Albion's heroes come	E2
From camps and courts tho' great or wise or just	O
To feed the worm and moulder into dust	O
That solemn mansion of the royal dead	C
Where passing slaves o'er sleeping monarchs tread	C
Now populous o'erflows a num'rous race	N
Of rising kings fill all th' extended space	N
A life well spent not the victorious sword	S
Awards the crown and styles the greater lord	S
Nor monuments alone and burial earth	F2
Labours with man to this his second birth	F2
But where gay palaces in pomp arise	B2
And gilded theatres invade the skies	B2
Nations shall wake whose unrespected bones	G2
Support the pride of their luxurious sons	H2
The most magnificent and costly dome	D2
Is but an upper chamber to the tomb	I2
No spot on earth but has supplied a grave	J2
And human skulls the spacious ocean pave	J2
All's full of man and at this dreadful turn	K2
The swarm shall issue and the hive shall burn	K2
Not all at once nor in like manner rise	B2
Some lift with pain their slow unwilling eyes	B2
Shrink backward from the terror of the light	L2
And bless the grave and call for lasting night	L2
Others whose long attempted virtue stood	M2
Fix'd as a rock and broke the rushing flood	N2
Whose firm resolve nor beauty could melt down	O2
Nor raging tyrants from their posture frown	O2
Such in this day of horrors shall be seen	P2
To face the thunders with a godlike mien	P2
The planets drop their thoughts are fixt above	Q2
The centre shakes their hearts disdain to move	R2
An earth dissolving and a heaven thrown wide	S2
A yawning gulf and fiends on every side	S2
Serene they view impatient of delay	W
And bless the dawn of everlasting day	W
Here greatness prostrate falls there strength gives place	N
Here lazars smile there beauty hides her face	N
Christians and Jews and Turks and Pagans stand	T2
A blended throng one undistinguish'd band	T2
Some who perhaps by mutual wounds expir'd	U2
With zeal for their distinct persuasions fir'd	V2
In mutual friendship their long slumber break	W2
And hand in hand their Saviour's love partake	W2
But none are flush'd with brighter joy or warm	X2
With juster confidence enjoy the storm	X2
Than those whose pious bounties unconfin'd	H
Have made them public fathers of mankind	H
In that illustrious rank what shining light	L2
With such distinguish'd glory fills my sight	L2
Bend down my grateful muse that homage show	B
Which to such worthies thou art proud to owe	B
Wickham Fox Chichley hail illustrious names	Y2
Who to far distant times dispense your beams	Z2
Beneath your shades and near your crystal springs	A3
I first presum'd to touch the trembling strings	A3
All hail thrice honour'd 'Twas your great renown	O2
To bless a people and oblige a crown	O2
And now you rise eternally to shine	J
Eternally to drink the rays divine	J
Indulgent God Oh how shall mortal raise	B3
His soul to due returns of grateful praise	B3
For bounty so profuse to humankind	H
Thy wondrous gift of an eternal mind	H
Shall I who some few years ago was less	C3
Than worm or mite or shadow can express	C3
Was nothing shall I live when every fire	D3
And every star shall languish and expire	E3
When earth's no more shall I survive above	Q2
And thro' the radiant files of angels move	R2
Or as before the throne of God I stand	T2
See new worlds rolling from his spacious hand	T2
Where our adventures shall perhaps be taught	F3
As we now tell how Michael sung or fought	F3
All that has being in full concert join	I
And celebrate the depths of love divine	J
But oh before this blissful state before	U
Th' aspiring soul this wondrous height can soar	U
The Judge descending thunders from afar	G3
And all mankind is summon'd to the bar	G3
This mighty scene I next presume to draw	H3
Attend great Anna with religious awe	I3
Expect not here the known successful arts	J3
To win attention and command our hearts	J3
Fiction be far away let no machine	P2
Descending here no fabled god be seen	P2
Behold the God of gods indeed descend	X
And worlds unnumber'd his approach attend	X
Lo the wide theatre whose ample space	N
Must entertain the whole of human race	N
At heaven's all powerful edict is prepar'd	K3
And fenc'd around with an immortal guard	L3
Tribes provinces dominions worlds o'erflow	W
The mighty plain and deluge all below	W
And every age and nation pours along	M3
Nimrod and Bourbon mingle in the throng	M3
Adam salutes his youngest son no sign	J
Of all those ages which their births disjoin	J
How empty learning and how vain is art	N3
But as it mends the life and guides the heart	N3
What volumes have been swell'd what time been spent	O3
To fix a hero's birth day or descent	O3
What joy must it now yield what rapture raise	B3
To see the glorious race of ancient days	B3
To greet those worthies who perhaps have stood	M2
Illustrious on record before the flood	N2
Alas a nearer care your soul demands	P3
C sar unnoted in your presence stands	P3
How vast the concourse not in number more	U
The waves that break on the resounding shore	U
The leaves that tremble in the shady grove	Q3
The lamps that gild the spangled vaults above	Q2
Those overwhelming armies whose command	T2
Said to one empire fall another stand	T2
Whose rear lay wrapt in night while breaking dawn	J
Rous'd the broad front and call'd the battle on	J
Great Xerxes' world in arms proud Cann 's field	R3
Where Carthage taught victorious Rome to yield	R3
Another blow had broke the fates' decree	S3
And earth had wanted her fourth monarchy	S3
Immortal Blenheim fam'd Ramillia's host	T3
They all are here and here they all are lost	F
Their millions swell to be discern'd in vain	J
Lost as a billow in th' unbounded main	J
This echoing voice now rends the yielding air	L
For judgment judgment sons of men prepare	L
Earth shakes anew I hear her groans profound	K
And hell through all her trembling realms resound	K
Whoe'er thou art thou greatest power of earth	F2
Blest with most equal planets at thy birth	F2
Whose valour drew the most successful sword	S
Most realms united in one common lord	S
Who on the day of triumph saidst Be thine	J
The skies Jehovah all this world is mine	J
Dare not to lift thine eye Alas my muse	U3
How art thou lost what numbers canst thou choose	U3
A sudden blush inflames the waving sky	Q
And now the crimson curtains open fly	Q
Lo far within and far above all height	L2
Where heaven's great Sov'reign reigns in worlds of light	L2
Whence nature he informs and with one ray	W
Shot from his eye does all her works survey	W
Creates supports confounds Where time and place	N
Matter and form and fortune life and grace	N
Wait humbly at the footstool of their God	V3
And move obedient at his awful nod	V3
Whence he beholds us vagrant emmets crawl	W
At random on this air suspended ball	W
Speck of creation if he pour one breath	W3
The bubble breaks and 'tis eternal death	W3
Thence issuing I behold but mortal sight	L2
Sustains not such a rushing sea of light	L2
I see on an empyreal flying throne	J
Sublimely rais'd heaven's everlasting Son	J
Crown'd with that majesty which form'd the world	X3
And the grand rebel flaming downward hurl'd	X3
Virtue dominion praise omnipotence	Y3
Support the train of their triumphant prince	Z3
A zone beyond the thought of angels bright	L2
Around him like the zodiac winds its light	L2
Night shades the solemn arches of his brows	A4
And in his cheek the purple morning glows	B4
Where'er serene he turns propitious eyes	B2
Or we expect or find a paradise	C4
But if resentment reddens their mild beams	Z2
The Eden kindles and the world's in flames	Y2
On one hand knowledge shines in purest light	L2
On one the sword of justice fiercely bright	L2
Now bend the knee in sport present the reed	D4
Now tell the scourg'd impostor he shall bleed	D4
Thus glorious thro' the courts of heav'n the source	E4
Of life and death eternal bends his course	E4
Loud thunders round him roll and lightnings play	W
Th' angelic host is rang'd in bright array	W
Some touch the string some strike the sounding shell	W
And mingling voices in rich concert swell	W
Voices seraphic blest with such a strain	J
Could Satan hear he were a god again	J
Triumphant King of Glory Soul of bliss	F4
What a stupendous turn of fate is this	F4
O whither art thou rais'd above the scorn	J
And indigence of him in Bethlem born	J
A needless helpless unaccounted guest	G4
And but a second to the fodder'd beast	H4
How chang'd from him who meekly prostrate laid	T
Vouchsaf'd to wash the feet himself had made	T
From him who was betray'd forsook denied	S2
Wept languish'd pray'd bled thirsted groan'd and died	S2
Hung pierc'd and bare insulted by the foe	W
All heaven in tears above earth unconcern'd below	W
And was't enough to bid the sun retire	E3
Why did not nature at thy groan expire	E3
I see I hear I feel the pangs divine	J
The world is vanish'd I am wholly thine	J
Mistaken Caiaphas Ah which blasphem'd	S2
Thou or thy pris'ner which shall be condemn'd	S2
Well might'st thou rend thy garments well exclaim	R
Deep are the horrors of eternal flame	R
But God is good 'Tis wondrous all Ev'n he	S3
Thou gav'st to death shame torture died for thee	S3
Now the descending triumph stops its flight	S2
From earth full twice a planetary height	S2
There all the clouds condens'd two columns raise	B3
Distinct with orient veins and golden blaze	B3
One fix'd on earth and one in sea and round	S2
Its ample foot the swelling billows sound	S2
These an immeasurable arch support	S2
The grand tribunal of this awful court	S2
Sheets of bright azure from the purest sky	Q
Stream from the crystal arch and round the columns fly	Q
Death wrapt in chains low at the basis lies	B2
And on the point of his own arrow dies	B2
Here high enthron'd th' eternal Judge is plac'd	S2
With all the grandeur of his godhead grac'd	S2
Stars on his robes in beauteous order meet	S2
And the sun burns beneath his awful feet	S2
Now an archangel eminently bright	S2
From off his silver staff of wondrous height	S2
Unfurls the Christian flag which waving flies	B2
And shuts and opens more than half the skies	B2
The cross so strong a red it sheds a stain	J
Where'er it floats on earth and air and main	J
Flushes the hill and sets on fire the wood	S2
And turns the deep dy'd ocean into blood	S2
Oh formidable glory dreadful bright	S2
Refulgent torture to the guilty sight	S2
Ah turn unwary muse nor dare reveal	W
What horrid thoughts with the polluted dwell	W
Say not to make the sun shrink in his beam	I4
Dare not affirm they wish it all a dream	I4
With or their souls may with their limbs decay	W
Or God be spoil'd of his eternal sway	W
But rather if thou know'st the means unfold	S2
How they with transport might the scene behold	S2
Ah how but by repentance by a mind	S2
Quick and severe its own offence to find	S2
By tears and groans and never ceasing care	L
And all the pious violence of prayer	L
Thus then with fervency till now unknown	J
I cast my heart before th' eternal throne	J
In this great temple which the skies surround	S2
For homage to its lord a narrow bound	S2
O thou whose balance does the mountains weigh	W
Whose will the wild tumultuous seas obey	W
Whose breath can turn these watery worlds to flame	R
That flame to tempest and that tempest tame	R
Earth's meanest son all trembling prostrate falls	J4
And on the boundless of thy goodness calls	J4
Oh give the winds all past offence to sweep	M
To scatter wide or bury in the deep	M
Thy power my weakness may I ever see	S3
And wholly dedicate my soul to thee	S3
Reign o'er my will my passions ebb and flow	W
At thy command nor human motive know	W
If anger boil let anger be my praise	B3
And sin the graceful indignation raise	B3
My love be warm to succour the distress'd	S2
And lift the burden from the soul oppress'd	S2
Oh may my understanding ever read	S2
This glorious volume which thy wisdom made	S2
Who decks the maiden spring with flow'ry pride	S2
Who calls forth summer like a sparkling bride	S2
Who joys the mother autumn's bed to crown	J
And bids old winter lay her honours down	J
Not the great Ottoman or greater Czar	G3
Not Europe's arbitress of peace and war	U
May sea and land and earth and heaven be join'd	S2
To bring th' eternal author to my mind	S2
When oceans roar or awful thunders roll	W
May thoughts of thy dread vengeance shake my soul	W
When earth's in bloom or planets proudly shine	J
Adore my heart the majesty divine	J
Thro' every scene of life or peace or war	U
Plenty or want thy glory be my care	L
Shine we in arms or sing beneath our vine	J
Thine is the vintage and the conquest thine	J
Thy pleasure points the shaft and bends the bow	K4
The cluster blasts or bids it brightly glow	W
'Tis thou that lead'st our powerful armies forth	L4
And giv'st great Anne thy sceptre o'er the north	L4
Grant I may ever at the morning ray	W
Open with prayer the consecrated day	W
Tune thy great praise and bid my soul arise	B2
And with the mounting sun ascend the skies	B2
As that advances let my zeal improve	R2
And glow with ardour of consummate love	Q2
Nor cease at eve but with the setting sun	J
My endless worship shall be still begun	J
And oh permit the gloom of solemn night	S2
To sacred thought may forcibly invite	S2
When this world's shut and awful planets rise	B2
Call on our minds and raise them to the skies	B2
Compose our souls with a less dazzling sight	S2
And show all nature in a milder light	S2
How every boisterous thought in calm subsides	M4
How the smooth'd spirit into goodness glides	M4
O how divine to tread the milky way	W
To the bright palace of the lord of day	W
His court admire or for his favour sue	N4
Or leagues of friendship with his saints renew	N4
Pleas'd to look down and see the world asleep	M
While I long vigils to its founder keep	M
Canst thou not shake the centre Oh control	W
Subdue by force the rebel in my soul	W
Thou who canst still the raging of the flood	S2
Restrain the various tumults of my blood	S2
Teach me with equal firmness to sustain	J
Alluring pleasure and assaulting pain	J
O may I pant for thee in each desire	D3
And with strong faith foment the holy fire	D3
Stretch out my soul in hope and grasp the prize	B2
Which in eternity's deep bosom lies	B2
At the great day of recompense behold	S2
Devoid of fear the fatal book unfold	S2
Then wafted upward to the blissful seat	S2
From age to age my grateful song repeat	S2
My light my life my God my Saviour see	S3
And rival angels in the praise of thee	S3

Edward Young

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