Sonnet On Henry Kirke White, By Capel Lofft Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDACCDEFEFEF G| Master so early of the various lyre | A |
| Energic pure sublime Thus art thou gone | B |
| In its bright dawn of fame that spirit flown | C |
| Which breathed such sweetness tenderness and fire | D |
| Wert thou but shown to win us to admire | A |
| And veil in death thy splendour But unknown | C |
| Their destination who least time have shone | C |
| And brightest beamed When these the Eternal Sire | D |
| Righteous and wise and good are all his ways | E |
| Eclipses as their sun begins to rise | F |
| Can mortal judge for their diminish'd days | E |
| What blest equivalent in changeless skies | F |
| What sacred glory waits them His the praise | E |
| Gracious whate'er he gives whate'er denies | F |
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| th Oct | G |
Henry Kirk White
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