In Devonshire Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEE FFGGHHIIJJKKLLMMNNGO HHPQRRSS| Tell me thou grotto o'er whose brow are seen | A |
| Projecting plumes and shades of deep'ning green | A |
| While not a sound disturbs thy stony hall | B |
| While all thy dewy drops forget to fall | B |
| Why canst thou not thy soothing charms impart | C |
| And shed thy quiet o'er this beating heart | C |
| Tell me thou richly painted river tell | D |
| That on thy mirror'd plane dost mimic well | D |
| Each pendent tree and every distant hill | E |
| Tipp'd with red lustre beauteous bright and still | E |
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| Can I not gazing on thy tranquil tide | F |
| Shed ev'ry grief upon thy rocky side | F |
| Or must I rove thy margin calm and clear | G |
| The only agitated object near | G |
| Oh tell me too thou babbling cold cascade | H |
| Whose waters falling thro' successive shade | H |
| Unspangled by the brightness of the sky | I |
| Awake each echo to a soft reply | I |
| Say canst thou not my bosom grief befriend | J |
| And bid one drop upon my heart descend | J |
| When all thy songsters soothe themselves to sleep | K |
| Ah must these aching eyes for ever weep | K |
| And must their frequent waters like thine own | L |
| Drop idly drop on unimpressive stone | L |
| Or when my beauteous fair shall deign to grace | M |
| The humid foliage of thy mossy base | M |
| Canst thou not tell how many a rock below | N |
| Impedes to kiss thy waters as they flow | N |
| In her mind canst thou not the feeling rear | G |
| To stop or thus caress each genuine tear | O |
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| Teach her oh teach her then thou cold cascade | H |
| Pour all thy lessons for the lovely maid | H |
| And thou bless'd grotto let thy silence prove | P |
| Her mute consenting answer to my love | Q |
| And thou bright river as thou roll'st along | R |
| Bear on thy wand'ring wave a lover's song | R |
| Strong as thy current as thy waters pure | S |
| Teach her to feel the passion I endure | S |
John Carr (sir)
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