Poet Francis Thompson

Francis Thompson

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Unto This Last Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEFGGHHIIJJKK LLMNOOPPJJ QQQQJJJRRSTQQUUQQVVQ QHH

A boy's young fancy taketh loveA
Most simply with the rind thereofA
A boy's young fancy tasteth moreB
The rind than the deific coreB
Ah Sweet to cast away the slipsC
Of unessential rind and lipsC
Fix on the immortal core is wellD
But heard'st thou ever any tellD
Of such a fool would take for foodE
Aspect and scent however goodF
Of sweetest core Love's orchards growG
Should such a phantast please him soG
Love where Love's reverent self deniesH
Love to feed but with his eyesH
All the savour all the touchI
Another's was there ever suchI
Such were fool if fool there beJ
Such fool was I and was for theeJ
But if the touch and savour tooK
Of this fruit say Sweet of youK
You unto another giveL
For sacrosanct prerogativeL
Yet even scent and aspect wereM
Some elected Second's shareN
And one gone mad should rest contentO
With memory of show and scentO
Would not thyself vow if there sighP
Such a fool say Sweet as IP
Treble frenzy it must beJ
Still to love and to love theeJ
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Yet had I torn man knoweth notQ
Nor scarce the unweeping angels wotQ
Of such dread task the lightest partQ
Her fingers from about my heartQ
Heart did we not think that sheJ
Had surceased her tyrannyJ
Heart we bounded and were freeJ
O sacrilegious freedom TillR
She came and taught my apostate willR
The winnowed sweet mirth cannot guessS
And tear fined peace of hopefulnessT
Looked spake simply touched and wentQ
Now old pain is fresh contentQ
Proved content is unproved painU
Pangs fore tempted which in vainU
I faithless have denied now budQ
To untempted fragrance and the moodQ
Of contrite heavenliness all daysV
Joy affrights me in my waysV
Extremities of old delightQ
Afflict me with new exquisiteQ
Virgin piercings of surpriseH
Stung by those wild brown bees her eyesH

Francis Thompson



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