Introductory Verses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DDEE FFGG DDHH IIJJ KKDD LLMN| OH blest art thou whose steps may rove | A |
| Through the green paths of vale and grove | A |
| Or leaving all their charms below | B |
| Climb the wild mountain's airy brow | C |
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| And gaze afar o'er cultured plains | D |
| And cities with their stately fanes | D |
| And forests that beneath thee lie | E |
| And ocean mingling with the sky | E |
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| For man can show thee nought so fair | F |
| As Nature's varied marvels there | F |
| And if thy pure and artless breast | G |
| Can feel their grandeur thou art blest | G |
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| For thee the stream in beauty flows | D |
| For thee the gale of summer blows | D |
| And in deep glen and wood walk free | H |
| Voices of joy still breathe for thee | H |
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| But happier far if then thy soul | I |
| Can soar to Him who made the whole | I |
| If to thine eye the simplest flower | J |
| Portray His bounty and His power | J |
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| If in whate'er is bright or grand | K |
| Thy mind can trace His viewless hand | K |
| If Nature's music bid thee raise | D |
| Thy song of gratitude and praise | D |
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| If heaven and earth with beauty fraught | L |
| Lead to His throne thy raptured thought | L |
| If there thou lov'st His love to read | M |
| Then wanderer thou art blest indeed | N |
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
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