I Stood Tip-toe Upon A Little Hill Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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I stood tip toe upon a little hillA
The air was cooling and so very stillA
That the sweet buds which with a modest prideB
Pull droopingly in slanting curve asideB
Their scantly leaved and finely tapering stemsC
Had not yet lost those starry diademsC
Caught from the early sobbing of the mornD
The clouds were pure and white as flocks new shornD
And fresh from the clear brook sweetly they sleptE
On the blue fields of heaven and then there creptE
A little noiseless noise among the leavesC
Born of the very sigh that silence heavesC
For not the faintest motion could be seenF
Of all the shades that slanted o er the greenF
There was wide wand ring for the greediest eyeG
To peer about upon varietyH
Far round the horizon s crystal air to skimI
And trace the dwindled edgings of its brimI
To picture out the quaint and curious bendingJ
Of a fresh woodland alley never endingJ
Or by the bowery clefts and leafy shelvesC
Guess where the jaunty streams refresh themselvesC
I gazed awhile and felt as light and freeH
As though the fanning wings of MercuryH
Had played upon my heels I was light heartedK
And many pleasures to my vision startedK
So I straightway began to pluck a poseyH
Of luxuries bright milky soft and rosyH
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A bush of May flowers with the bees about themL
Ah sure no tasteful nook would be without themL
And let a lush laburnum oversweep themL
And let long grass grow round the roots to keep themL
Moist cool and green and shade the violetsC
That they may bind the moss in leafy netsC
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A filbert hedge with wildbriar overtwinedK
And clumps of woodbine taking the soft windK
Upon their summer thrones there too should beH
The frequent chequer of a youngling treeH
That with a score of light green breth r en shootsC
From the quaint mossiness of aged rootsC
Round which is heard a spring head of clear watersC
Babbling so wildly of its lovely daughtersC
The spreading blue bells it may haply mournD
That such fair clusters should be rudely tornD
From their fresh beds and scattered thoughtlesslyA
By infant hands left on the path to dieK
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Open afresh your round of starry foldsC
Ye ardent marigoldsC
Dry up the moisture from your golden lidsC
For great Apollo bidsC
That in these days your praises should be sungM
On many harps which he has lately strungM
And when again your dewiness he kissesC
Tell him I have you in my world of blissesC
So haply when I rove in some far valeA
His mighty voice may come upon the galeA
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Here are sweet peas on tip toe for a flightK
With wings of gentle flush o er delicate whiteK
And taper fingers catching at all thingsC
To bind them all about with tiny ringsC
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Linger awhile upon some bending planksC
That lean against a streamlet s rushy banksC
And watch intently Nature s gentle doingsC
They will be found softer than ring dove s cooingsC
How silent comes the water round that bendK
Not the minutest whisper does it sendK
To the o erhanging sallows blades of grassC
Slowly across the chequer d shadows passC
Why you might read two sonnets ere they reachN
To where the hurrying freshnesses aye preachN
A natural sermon o er their pebbly bedsC
Where swarms of minnows show their little headsC
Staying their wavy bodies gainst the streamsC
To taste the luxury of sunny beamsC
Temper d with coolness How they ever wrestleA
With their own sweet delight and ever nestleA
Their silver bellies on the pebbly sandK
If you but scantily hold out the handK
That very instant not one will remainO
But turn your eye and they are there againP
The ripples seem right glad to reach those cressesC
And cool themselves among the em rald tressesC
The while they cool themselves they freshness giveQ
And moisture that the bowery green may liveR
So keeping up an interchange of favoursC
Like good men in the truth of their behavioursC
Sometimes goldfinches one by one will dropS
From low hung branches little space they stopS
But sip and twitter and their feathers sleekT
Then off at once as in a wanton freakT
Or perhaps to show their black and golden wingsC
Pausing upon their yellow flutteringsC
Were I in such a place I sure should prayU
That nought less sweet might call my thoughts awayU
Than the soft rustle of a maiden s gownV
Fanning away the dandelion s downV
Than the light music of her nimble toesC
Patting against the sorrel as she goesC
How she would start and blush thus to be caughtK
Playing in all her innocence of thoughtK
O let me lead her gently o er the brookW
Watch her half smiling lips and downward lookW
O let me for one moment touch her wristK
Let me one moment to her breathing listK
And as she leaves me may she often turnX
Her fair eyes looking through her locks auburneX
What next A tuft of evening primrosesC
O er which the mind may hover till it dozesC
O er which it well might take a pleasant sleepY
But that tis ever startled by the leapY
Of buds into ripe flowers or by the flittingJ
Of diverse moths that aye their rest are quittingJ
Or by the moon lifting her silver rimI
Above a cloud and with a gradual swimI
Coming into the blue with all her lightK
O Maker of sweet poets dear delightK
Of this fair world and all its gentle liversC
Spangler of clouds halo of crystal riversC
Mingler with leaves and dew and tumbling streamsC
Closer of lovely eyes to lovely dreamsC
Lover of loneliness and wanderingJ
Of upcast eye and tender ponderingJ
Thee must I praise above all other gloriesC
That smile us on to tell delightful storiesC
For what has made the sage or poet writeK
But the fair paradise of Nature s lightK
In the calm grandeur of a sober lineX
We see the waving of the mountain pineX
And when a tale is beautifully staidK
We feel the safety of a hawthorn gladeK
When it is moving on luxurious wingsC
The soul is lost in pleasant smotheringsC
Fair dewy roses brush against our facesC
And flowering laurels spring from diamond vasesC
O erhead we see the jasmine and sweet briarZ
And bloomy grapes laughing from green attireZ
While at our feet the voice of crystal bubblesC
Charms us at once away from all our troublesC
So that we feel uplifted from the worldK
Walking upon the white clouds wreath d and curl dH
So felt he who first told how Psyche wentK
On the smooth wind to realms of wondermentK
What Psyche felt and Love when their full lipsC
First touch d what amorous and fondling nipsC
They gave each other s cheeks with all their sighsC
And how they kist each other s tremulous eyesC
The silver lamp the ravishment the wonderZ
The darkness loneliness the fearful thunderZ
Their woes gone by and both to heaven upflownX
To bow for gratitude before Jove s throneX
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So did he feel who pull d the boughs asideK
That we might look into a forest wideK
To catch a glimpse of Fawns and DryadesC
Coming with softest rustle through the treesC
And garlands woven of flowers wild and sweetK
Upheld on ivory wrists or sporting feetK
Telling us how fair trembling Syrinx fledK
Arcadian Pan with such a fearful dreadK
Poor Nymph poor Pan how did he weep to findK
Nought but a lovely sighing of the windK
Along the reedy stream a half heard strainX
Full of sweet desolation balmy painX
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What first inspired a bard of old to singJ
Narcissus pining o er the untainted springJ
In some delicious ramble he had foundK
A little space with boughs all woven roundK
And in the midst of all a clearer poolA
Than e er reflected in its pleasant coolA
The blue sky here and there serenely peepingJ
Through tendril wreaths fantastically creepingJ
And on the bank a lonely flower he spiedK
A meek and forlorn flower with naught of prideK
Drooping its beauty o er the watery clearnessC
To woo its own sad image into nearnessC
Deaf to light Zephyrus it would not moveA2
But still would seem to droop to pine to loveB2
So while the Poet stood in this sweet spotK
Some fainter gH

John Keats



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