And Do They So? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB C AACCDDEFAA GGHHEEIIJJ GGKKAALLGG IIAAMMNNGG| 'Etenim res creatoe exerto capite observantes | A |
| expectant revelationem Filiorum Dei ' | B |
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| 'For created things watching with head erect | C |
| await the revelation of the Sons of God ' | - |
| - | |
| And do they so Have they a sense | A |
| Of aught but influence | A |
| Can they their heads lift and expect | C |
| And groan too Why the elect | C |
| Can do no more my volumes said | D |
| They were all dull and dead | D |
| They judged them senseless and their state | E |
| Wholly inanimate | F |
| Go go seal up thy looks | A |
| And burn thy books | A |
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| I would I were a stone or tree | G |
| Or flower by pedigree | G |
| Or some poor highway herb or spring | H |
| To flow or bird to sing | H |
| Then should I tied to one sure state | E |
| All day expect my date | E |
| But I am sadly loose and stray | I |
| A giddy blast each way | I |
| O let me not thus range | J |
| Thou canst not change | J |
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| Sometimes I sit with Thee and tarry | G |
| An hour or so then vary | G |
| Thy other creatures in this scene | K |
| Thee only aim and mean | K |
| Some rise to seek Thee and with heads | A |
| Erect peep from their beds | A |
| Others whose birth is in the tomb | L |
| And cannot quit the womb | L |
| Sigh there and groan for Thee | G |
| Their liberty | G |
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| O let me not do less Shall they | I |
| Watch while I sleep or play | I |
| Shall I thy mercies still abuse | A |
| With fancies friends or news | A |
| O brook it not Thy blood is mine | M |
| And my soul should be Thine | M |
| O brook it not why wilt Thou stop | N |
| After whole showers one drop | N |
| Sure Thou wilt joy to see | G |
| Thy sheep with Thee | G |
Henry Vaughan
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