Sonnet Iv Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A B CCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJ J KLLKKLLKMNOMDO H EHHEHJJHHJPHJP Q

Quel ch' infinita providenza ed arteA
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HE CELEBRATES THE BIRTHPLACE OF LAURAB
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He that with wisdom goodness power divineC
Did ample Nature's perfect book designC
Adorn'd this beauteous world and those aboveD
Kindled fierce Mars and soften'd milder JoveD
When seen on earth the shadows to fulfillE
Of the less volume which conceal'd his willE
Took John and Peter from their homely careF
And made them pillars of his temple fairF
Nor in imperial Rome would He be bornG
Whom servile Judah yet received with scornG
E'en Bethlehem could her infant King disownH
And the rude manger was his early throneH
Victorious sufferings did his pomp displayI
Nor other chariot or triumphal wayI
At once by Heaven's example and decreeJ
Such honour waits on such humilityJ
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BASIL KENNETJ
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The High Eternal in whose works supremeK
The Master's vast creative power hath spokeL
At whose command each circling sphere awokeL
Jove mildly rose and Mars with fiercer beamK
To earth He came to ratify the schemeK
Reveal'd to us through prophecy's dark cloakL
To sound redemption speak man's fallen yokeL
He chose the humblest for that heavenly themeK
But He conferr'd not on imperial RomeM
His birth's renown He chose a lowlier skyN
To stand through Him the proudest spot on earthO
And now doth shine within its humble homeM
A star that doth each other so outvieD
That grateful nature hails its lovely birthO
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WOLLASTONH
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Who show'd such infinite providence and skillE
In his eternal government divineH
Who launch'd the spheres gave sun and moon to shineH
And brightest wonders the dark void to fillE
On earth who came the Scriptures to maintainH
Which for long years the truth had buried yetJ
Took John and Peter from the fisher's netJ
And gave to each his part in the heavenly reignH
He for his birth fair Rome preferr'd not thenH
But lowly Bethlehem thus o'er proudest stateJ
He ever loves humility to raiseP
Now rises from small spot like sun againH
Whom Nature hails the place grows bright and greatJ
Which birth so heavenly to our earth displaysP
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MACGREGORQ

Francesco Petrarca (petrarch)



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