The Water-fall Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFF GGHHIIJJHH KLMMNNOOPQBBRRSSTT

With what deep murmurs through time's silent stealthA
Doth thy transparent cool and wat'ry wealthA
Here flowing fallB
And chide and callB
As if his liquid loose retinue stay'dC
Ling'ring and were of this steep place afraidC
The common passD
Where clear as glassD
All must descendE
Not to an endE
But quicken'd by this deep and rocky graveF
Rise to a longer course more bright and braveF
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Dear stream dear bank where often IG
Have sate and pleas'd my pensive eyeG
Why since each drop of thy quick storeH
Runs thither whence it flow'd beforeH
Should poor souls fear a shade or nightI
Who came sure from a sea of lightI
Or since those drops are all sent backJ
So sure to thee that none doth lackJ
Why should frail flesh doubt any moreH
That what God takes he'll not restoreH
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O useful element and clearK
My sacred wash and cleanser hereL
My first consigner unto thoseM
Fountains of life where the Lamb goesM
What sublime truths and wholesome themesN
Lodge in thy mystical deep streamsN
Such as dull man can never findO
Unless that Spirit lead his mindO
Which first upon thy face did moveP
And hatch'd all with his quick'ning loveQ
As this loud brook's incessant fallB
In streaming rings restagnates allB
Which reach by course the bank and thenR
Are no more seen just so pass menR
O my invisible estateS
My glorious liberty still lateS
Thou art the channel my soul seeksT
Not this with cataracts and creeksT

Henry Vaughan



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