The Squire-s Pew Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AA BCBDEE FGFGHH IJIKLL MNMNFF OPOPPP QIQIPP PRPRJJ PPPPII SFSFTT UVUVTT PWPWPP IPIPFF GXGXFF

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A SLANTING ray of evening lightB
Shoots through the yellow paneC
It makes the faded crimson brightB
And gilds the fringe againD
The window's gothic frame work fallsE
In oblique shadow on the wallsE
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And since those trappings first were newF
How many a cloudless dayG
To rob the velvet of its hueF
Has come and passed awayG
How many a setting sun hath madeH
That curious lattice work of shadeH
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Crumbled beneath the hillock greenI
The cunning hand must beJ
That carved this fretted door I weenI
Acorn and fleur de lisK
And now the worm hath done her partL
In mimicking the chisel's artL
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In days of yore that now we callM
When the first James was kingN
The courtly knight from yonder hallM
Hither his train did bringN
All seated round in order dueF
With broidered suit and buckled shoeF
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On damask cushions set in fringeO
All reverently they kneltP
Prayer books with brazen hasp and hingeO
In ancient English speltP
Each holding in a lily handP
Responsive at the priest's commandP
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Now streaming down the vaulted aisleQ
The sunbeam long and loneI
Illumes the characters awhileQ
Of their inscription stoneI
And there in marble bard and coldP
The knight and all his train beholdP
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Outstretched together are expressedP
He and my lady fairR
With hands uplifted on the breastP
In attitude of prayerR
Long visaged clad in armour heJ
With ruffled arm and bodice sheJ
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Set forth in order as they diedP
The numerous offspring bendP
Devoutly kneeling side by sideP
As though they did intendP
For past omissions to atoneI
By saying endless prayers in stoneI
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Those mellow days are past and dimS
But generations newF
In regular descent from himS
Have filled the stately pewF
And in the same succession goT
To occupy the vault belowT
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And now the polished modern squireU
And his gay train appearV
Who duly to the hall retireU
A season every yearV
And fill the seats with belle and beauT
As 'twas so many years agoT
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Perchance all thoughtless as they treadP
The hollow sounding floorW
Of that dark house of kindred deadP
Which shall as heretoforeW
In turn receive to silent restP
Another and another guestP
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The leathered hearse and sable trainI
In all its wonted stateP
Shall wind along the village laneI
And stand before the gateP
Brought many a distant county throughF
To join the final rendezvousF
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And when the race is swept awayG
All to their dusty bedsX
Still shall the mellow evening rayG
Shine gaily o'er their headsX
While other faces fresh and newF
Shall occupy the squire's pewF

Jane Taylor



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