Poet Henry Austin Dobson

Henry Austin Dobson

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Prologue To Abbey's "quiet Life." Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDDEEFFGGHHIJIJ KKLLMM N OOJJ FFPPF FFPG FFPPFG

Even as one in city pentA
Dazed with the stir and din of townB
Drums on the pane in discontentA
And sees the dreary rain come downB
Yet through the dimmed and dripping glassC
Beholds in fancy visions passC
Of Spring that breaks with all her leavesD
Of birds that build in thatch and eavesD
Of woodlands where the throstle callsE
Of girls that gather cowslip ballsE
Of kine that low and lambs that cryF
Of wains that jolt and rumble byF
Of brooks that sing by brambly waysG
Of sunburned folk that stand at gazeG
Of all the dreams with which men cheatH
The stony sermons of the streetH
So in its hour the artist brainI
Weary of human ills and woesJ
Weary of passion and of painI
And vaguely craving for reposeJ
Deserts awhile the stage of strifeK
To draw the even ordered lifeK
The easeful days the dreamless nightsL
The homely round of plain delightsL
The calm the unambitioned mindM
Which all men seek and few men findM
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EPILOGUEN
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Let the dream pass the fancy fadeO
We clutch a shape and hold a shadeO
Is Peace so peaceful Nay who knowsJ
There are volcanoes under snowsJ
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In after days when grasses highF
O'er top the stone where I shall lieF
Though ill or well the world adjustP
My slender claim to honoured dustP
I shall not question or replyF
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I shall not see the morning skyF
I shall not hear the night wind sighF
I shall be mute as all men mustP
In after daysG
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But yet now living fain were IF
That some one then should testifyF
Saying He held his pen in trustP
To Art not serving shame or lustP
Will none Then let my memory dieF
In after daysG

Henry Austin Dobson



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