To Health. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EBEB FGFG BHBH FIFI FJFK LCLC ABAB| Hail soothing balm Ye breezes blow | A |
| Ransack the flower and blossom'd tree | B |
| All all your stolen gifts bestow | A |
| For Health has granted all to me | B |
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| And may this blessing long be mine | C |
| May I this favour still enjoy | D |
| Then never shall my heart repine | C |
| Nor yet its long continuance cloy | D |
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| And though I cannot boast O Health | E |
| Of aught beside but only thee | B |
| I would not change this bliss for wealth | E |
| No not for all the eye can see | B |
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| Wealth without thee is useless made | F |
| Void of the smallest happy spark | G |
| Yes just as useless to give aid | F |
| As mirrors set to light the dark | G |
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| Thy voice I hear thy form I see | B |
| In silence echo stream or cloud | H |
| Now that strong voice belongs to thee | B |
| Which woods and hills repeat so loud | H |
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| The leaf the flower the spiry blade | F |
| The hanging drops of pearly dew | I |
| The russet heath the woodland shade | F |
| All all can bring thee in my view | I |
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| With thee I seek the woodland shade | F |
| Beset in briery wilds among | J |
| With thee I tread the tufted glade | F |
| Transported by the woodlark's song | K |
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| With thee I wander where the sheep | L |
| In groups display a checquer'd train | C |
| Where weedy waters winding creep | L |
| Nor wilt thou fallow clod disdain | C |
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| Then hail sweet charm Ye breezes blow | A |
| Ransack the flower and blossom'd tree | B |
| All all your stolen gifts bestow | A |
| For Health has granted all to me | B |
John Clare
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