Lines Written At Brighton Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL MNMN OPOP QRQS TUVU EWXW SYSY ZA2ZA2 B2PB2P C2D2E2D2 AVAV| From Mirth's bright circle from the giddy throng | A |
| How sweet it is to steal away at eve | B |
| To listen to the homeward fisher's song | A |
| Whilst dark the waters of the ocean heave | B |
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| And on the sloping beach to bear the spray | C |
| Dash 'gainst some hoary vessel's broken side | D |
| Whilst far illumin'd by the parting ray | C |
| The distant sail is faintly seen to glide | D |
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| Yes 'tis Reflection's chosen hour for then | E |
| With pensive pleasure mingling o'er the scene | F |
| Th' erratic mind treads over life again | E |
| And gazes on the past with eye serene | F |
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| Those stormy passions which bedimm'd the soul | G |
| That oft have bid the joys it treasur'd fly | H |
| Now like th' unruffled waves of Ocean roll | G |
| With gentle lapse their only sound a sigh | H |
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| The galling wrong no longer knits the brow | I |
| Ambition feels the folly of her aim | J |
| And Pity from the heart expanding now | I |
| Pants to extend relief to ev'ry claim | J |
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| Thus as I sit beside the murm'ring sea | K |
| And o'er its darkness trace light's parting streak | L |
| I feel O Nature that serenity | K |
| Which vainly poetry like mine can speak | L |
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| O'er the drear tract of Time Remembrance views | M |
| Some dear some long departed pleasure gleam | N |
| So o'er the dark expanse the eye pursues | M |
| Upon the wat'ry edge a transient beam | N |
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| The spot fraternal love has sacred made | O |
| Solemn yet sweet like groves in twilight gloom | P |
| Mem'ry revisits and beneath its shade | O |
| Faintly it sees each faded joy re bloom | P |
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| By Fancy led from Death's cold bed of stone | Q |
| Lovely tho' wan what cherish'd form appears | R |
| Oh gentle Anna A at thy name alone | Q |
| Genius and Grace and Virtue smile in tears | S |
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| Half wrapp'd in mist I see thy figure move | T |
| O'er thy pale cheek appears its wonted smile | U |
| With lunar lustre beam those looks of love | V |
| That once could life of ev'ry care beguile | U |
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| Faintly I hear thy angel voice again | E |
| There's music in the sweet and dying sound | W |
| Like Philomela's soft and echo'd strain | X |
| It spreads a soothing consolation round | W |
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| Adieu bless'd shade Imagination roves | S |
| To distant regions o'er th' Atlantic wave | Y |
| Ah not to genial skies or fragrant groves | S |
| To drop a tear upon a kindred grave | Y |
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| Hard was thy fate Eliza B It was thine | Z |
| Tho' wit thy mind tho' beauty grac'd thy form | A2 |
| Behind Affliction's weeping cloud to shine | Z |
| With star like radiance in a night of storm | A2 |
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| Fierce from the sun the fiery fever flew | B2 |
| And bade the burning sand become thy tomb | P |
| O'er thee no willow drops its mourning dew | B2 |
| Nor spotless lilies o'er thy bosom bloom | P |
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| Oh when we stood around our brother's bier | C2 |
| And wept in life's full bloom to see him torn | D2 |
| Ah little did ye think that such a tear | E2 |
| As then ye shed so soon your fate would mourn | D2 |
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| Farewell dear shades accept this mournful song | A |
| At once the tribute of my grief and love | V |
| Fain would it try your virtues to prolong | A |
| Here priz'd and honour'd and now bless'd above | V |
John Carr (sir)
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