The Water-fall Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFF GGHHIIJJHH KLMMNNOOPQBBRRSSTTWith what deep murmurs through time's silent stealth | A |
Doth thy transparent cool and wat'ry wealth | A |
Here flowing fall | B |
And chide and call | B |
As if his liquid loose retinue stay'd | C |
Ling'ring and were of this steep place afraid | C |
The common pass | D |
Where clear as glass | D |
All must descend | E |
Not to an end | E |
But quicken'd by this deep and rocky grave | F |
Rise to a longer course more bright and brave | F |
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Dear stream dear bank where often I | G |
Have sate and pleas'd my pensive eye | G |
Why since each drop of thy quick store | H |
Runs thither whence it flow'd before | H |
Should poor souls fear a shade or night | I |
Who came sure from a sea of light | I |
Or since those drops are all sent back | J |
So sure to thee that none doth lack | J |
Why should frail flesh doubt any more | H |
That what God takes he'll not restore | H |
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O useful element and clear | K |
My sacred wash and cleanser here | L |
My first consigner unto those | M |
Fountains of life where the Lamb goes | M |
What sublime truths and wholesome themes | N |
Lodge in thy mystical deep streams | N |
Such as dull man can never find | O |
Unless that Spirit lead his mind | O |
Which first upon thy face did move | P |
And hatch'd all with his quick'ning love | Q |
As this loud brook's incessant fall | B |
In streaming rings restagnates all | B |
Which reach by course the bank and then | R |
Are no more seen just so pass men | R |
O my invisible estate | S |
My glorious liberty still late | S |
Thou art the channel my soul seeks | T |
Not this with cataracts and creeks | T |
Henry Vaughan
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