To A Mountain Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST BUVWBXYZA2B2C2D2E2F2 G2H2I2J2K2L2M2N2O2GK HP2TLSJFQ2JI2R2PS2T2 SU2V2W2X2Y2Z2UA3BB3C 3D3E3F3G3H3Z2V2JB3I3 H3J3

To thee O father of the stately peaksA
Above me in the loftier light to theeB
Imperial brother of those awful hillsC
Whose feet are set in splendid spheres of flameD
Whose heads are where the gods are and whose sidesE
Of strength are belted round with all the zonesF
Of all the world I dedicate these songsG
And if within the compass of this bookH
There lives and glows ONE verse in which there beatsI
The pulse of wind and torrent if ONE lineJ
Is here that like a running water soundsK
And seems an echo from the lands of leafL
Be sure that line is thine Here in this homeM
Away from men and books and all the schoolsN
I take thee for my Teacher In thy voiceO
Of deathless majesty I kneeling hearP
God's grand authentic Gospel Year by yearQ
The great sublime cantata of thy stormR
Strikes through my spirit fills it with a lifeS
Of startling beauty Thou my Bible artT
With holy leaves of rock and flower and treeB
And moss and shining runnel From each pageU
That helps to make thy awful volume IV
Have learned a noble lesson In the psalmW
Of thy grave winds and in the liturgyB
Of singing waters lo my soul has heardX
The higher worship and from thee indeedY
The broad foundations of a finer hopeZ
Were gathered in and thou hast lifted upA2
The blind horizon for a larger faithB2
Moreover walking in exalted woodsC2
Of naked glory in the green and goldD2
Of forest sunshine I have paused like oneE2
With all the life transfigured and a floodF2
Of light ineffable has made me feelG2
As felt the grand old prophets caught awayH2
By flames of inspiration but the wordsI2
Sufficient for the story of my DreamJ2
Are far too splendid for poor human lipsK2
But thou to whom I turn with reverent eyesL2
O stately Father whose majestic faceM2
Shines far above the zone of wind and cloudN2
Where high dominion of the morning isO2
Thou hast the Song complete of which my songsG
Are pallid adumbrations Certain soundsK
Of strong authentic sorrow in this bookH
May have the sob of upland torrents theseP2
And only these may touch the great World's heartT
For lo they are the issues of that griefL
Which makes a man more human and his lifeS
More like that frank exalted life of thineJ
But in these pages there are other tonesF
In which thy large superior voice is notQ2
Through which no beauty that resembles thineJ
Has ever shone THESE are the broken wordsI2
Of blind occasions when the World has comeR2
Between me and my Dream No song is hereP
Of mighty compass for my singing robesS2
I've worn in stolen moments All my daysT2
Have been the days of a laborious lifeS
And ever on my struggling soul has burnedU2
The fierce heat of this hurried sphere But thouV2
To whose fair majesty I dedicateW2
My book of rhymes thou hast the perfect restX2
Which makes the heaven of the highest godsY2
To thee the noises of this violent timeZ2
Are far faint whispers and from age to ageU
Within the world and yet apart from itA3
Thou standest Round thy lordly capes the seaB
Rolls on with a superb indifferenceB3
For ever in thy deep green gracious glensC3
The silver fountains sing for ever FarD3
Above dim ghosts of waters in the cavesE3
The royal robe of morning on thy headF3
Abides for ever Evermore the windG3
Is thy august companion and thy peersH3
Are cloud and thunder and the face sublimeZ2
Of blue mid heaven On thy awful browV2
Is Deity and in that voice of thineJ
There is the great imperial utteranceB3
Of God for ever and thy feet are setI3
Where evermore through all the days and yearsH3
There rolls the grand hymn of the deathless waveJ3

Henry Kendall



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