Milton Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCBBCCB DEDFDE A GHIGGHHG AJAJAJ A KLLKKMLK HNHNHN| I | A |
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| Lover of beauty walking on the height | B |
| Of pure philosophy and tranquil song | C |
| Born to behold the visions that belong | C |
| To those who dwell in melody and light | B |
| Milton thou spirit delicate and bright | B |
| What drew thee down to join the Roundhead throng | C |
| Of iron sided warriors rude and strong | C |
| Fighting for freedom in a world half night | B |
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| Lover of Liberty at heart wast thou | D |
| Above all beauty bright all music clear | E |
| To thee she bared her bosom and her brow | D |
| Breathing her virgin promise in thine ear | F |
| And bound thee to her with a double vow | D |
| Exquisite Puritan grave Cavalier | E |
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| II | A |
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| The cause the cause for which thy soul resigned | G |
| Her singing robes to battle on the plain | H |
| Was won O poet and was lost again | I |
| And lost the labour of thy lonely mind | G |
| On weary tasks of prose What wilt thou find | G |
| To comfort thee for all the toil and pain | H |
| What solace now thy sacrifice is vain | H |
| And thou art left forsaken poor and blind | G |
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| Like organ music comes the deep reply | A |
| The cause of truth looks lost but shall be won | J |
| For God hath given to mine inward eye | A |
| Vision of England soaring to the sun | J |
| And granted me great peace before I die | A |
| In thoughts of lowly duty bravely done | J |
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| III | A |
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| O bend again above thine organ board | K |
| Thou blind old poet longing for repose | L |
| Thy Master claims thy service not with those | L |
| Who only stand and wait for his reward | K |
| He pours the heavenly gift of song restored | K |
| Into thy breast and bids thee nobly close | M |
| A noble life with poetry that flows | L |
| In mighty music of the major chord | K |
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| Where hast thou learned this deep majestic strain | H |
| Surpassing all thy youthful lyric grace | N |
| To sing of Paradise Ah not in vain | H |
| The griefs that won at Dante's side thy place | N |
| And made thee Milton by thy years of pain | H |
| The loftiest poet of the Saxon race | N |
Henry Van Dyke
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