The Squire-s Pew Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BCBDEE FGFGHH IJIKLL MNMNFF OPOPPP QIQIPP PRPRJJ PPPPII SFSFTT UVUVTT PWPWPP IPIPFF GXGXFFA | |
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A SLANTING ray of evening light | B |
Shoots through the yellow pane | C |
It makes the faded crimson bright | B |
And gilds the fringe again | D |
The window's gothic frame work falls | E |
In oblique shadow on the walls | E |
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And since those trappings first were new | F |
How many a cloudless day | G |
To rob the velvet of its hue | F |
Has come and passed away | G |
How many a setting sun hath made | H |
That curious lattice work of shade | H |
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Crumbled beneath the hillock green | I |
The cunning hand must be | J |
That carved this fretted door I ween | I |
Acorn and fleur de lis | K |
And now the worm hath done her part | L |
In mimicking the chisel's art | L |
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In days of yore that now we call | M |
When the first James was king | N |
The courtly knight from yonder hall | M |
Hither his train did bring | N |
All seated round in order due | F |
With broidered suit and buckled shoe | F |
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On damask cushions set in fringe | O |
All reverently they knelt | P |
Prayer books with brazen hasp and hinge | O |
In ancient English spelt | P |
Each holding in a lily hand | P |
Responsive at the priest's command | P |
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Now streaming down the vaulted aisle | Q |
The sunbeam long and lone | I |
Illumes the characters awhile | Q |
Of their inscription stone | I |
And there in marble bard and cold | P |
The knight and all his train behold | P |
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Outstretched together are expressed | P |
He and my lady fair | R |
With hands uplifted on the breast | P |
In attitude of prayer | R |
Long visaged clad in armour he | J |
With ruffled arm and bodice she | J |
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Set forth in order as they died | P |
The numerous offspring bend | P |
Devoutly kneeling side by side | P |
As though they did intend | P |
For past omissions to atone | I |
By saying endless prayers in stone | I |
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Those mellow days are past and dim | S |
But generations new | F |
In regular descent from him | S |
Have filled the stately pew | F |
And in the same succession go | T |
To occupy the vault below | T |
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And now the polished modern squire | U |
And his gay train appear | V |
Who duly to the hall retire | U |
A season every year | V |
And fill the seats with belle and beau | T |
As 'twas so many years ago | T |
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Perchance all thoughtless as they tread | P |
The hollow sounding floor | W |
Of that dark house of kindred dead | P |
Which shall as heretofore | W |
In turn receive to silent rest | P |
Another and another guest | P |
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The leathered hearse and sable train | I |
In all its wonted state | P |
Shall wind along the village lane | I |
And stand before the gate | P |
Brought many a distant county through | F |
To join the final rendezvous | F |
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And when the race is swept away | G |
All to their dusty beds | X |
Still shall the mellow evening ray | G |
Shine gaily o'er their heads | X |
While other faces fresh and new | F |
Shall occupy the squire's pew | F |
Jane Taylor
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