To The Earl Of Carlisle, K. G. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEFFEE A GHGHICJJCC A CCKKLMNNMCOCOO A PQPNRSTUVS A WKWKXXXYY A SSZZVA2B2C2A2D2CD2CD 2

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Retired remote from human noiseB
An humble Poet dwelt sereneC
His lot was lowly yet his joysB
Were manifold I weenC
He laid him by the brawling brookD
At eventide to ruminateE
He watch'd the swallow skimming roundF
And mused in reverie profoundF
On wayward man's unhappy stateE
And ponder'd much and paused on deeds of ancient dateE
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Oh 'twas not always thus he criedG
There was a time when genius claim'dH
Respect from even towering prideG
Nor hung her head ashamedH
But now to wealth alone we bowI
The titled and the rich aloneC
Are honour'd while meek merit pinesJ
On penury's wretched couch reclinesJ
Unheeded in his dying moanC
As overwhelmed with want and woe he sinks unknownC
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Yet was the muse not always seenC
In poverty's dejected mienC
Not always did repining rueK
And misery her steps pursueK
Time was when nobles thought their titles gracedL
By the sweet honours of poetic baysM
When Sidney sung his melting songN
When Sheffield join'd the harmonious throngN
And Lyttelton attuned to love his laysM
Those days are gone alas for ever goneC
No more our nobles love to graceO
Their brows with anadems by genius wonC
But arrogantly deem the muse as baseO
How differently thought the sires of this degenerate raceO
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Thus sang the minstrel still at eveP
The upland's woody shades amongQ
In broken measures did he grieveP
With solitary songN
And still his shame was aye the sameR
Neglect had stung him to the coreS
And he with pensive joy did loveT
To seek the still congenial groveU
And muse on all his sorrows o'erV
And vow that he would join the abjured world no moreS
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But human vows how frail they beW
Fame brought Carlisle unto his viewK
And all amazed he thought to seeW
The Augustan age anewK
Fill'd with wild rapture up he roseX
No more he ponders on the woesX
Which erst he felt that forward goesX
Regrets he'd sunk in impotenceY
And hails the ideal day of virtuous eminenceY
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Ah silly man yet smarting soreS
With ills which in the world he boreS
Again on futile hope to restZ
An unsubstantial prop at bestZ
And not to know one swallow makes no summerV
Ah soon he'll find the brilliant gleamA2
Which flash'd across the hemisphereB2
Illumining the darkness thereC2
Was but a single solitary beamA2
While all around remained in custom'd nightD2
Still leaden ignorance reigns sereneC
In the false court's delusive heightD2
And only one Carlisle is seenC
To illume the heavy gloom with pure and steady lightD2

Henry Kirk White



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