The Deserted Cottage Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABACCB DEDFFE GCGHHC EEEIIE EJEKKJ LEMEEE EJEEEJ NJNEEJ EJEEEJ EJEOOJ EPEQQP HCHRRC NSNCCS CECTTE SJSEEJ EBECCB RERUVE

Who dwelt in yonder lonely CotA
Why is it thus forsakenB
It seems by all the world forgotA
Above its path the high grass growsC
And through its thatch the northwind blowsC
Its thatch by tempests shakenB
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And yet it tops a verdant hillD
By Summer gales surroundedE
Beneath its door a shallow rillD
Runs brawling to the vale belowF
And near it sweetest flowrets growF
By banks of willow boundedE
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Then why is ev'ry casement darkG
Why looks the Cot so chearlessC
Ah why does ruin seem to markG
The calm retreat where LOVE should dwellH
And FRIENDSHIP teach the heart to swellH
With rapture pure and fearlessC
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There far above the busy croudE
Man may repose in quietE
There smile that he has left the proudE
And blest with liberty enjoyI
More than Ambition's gilded toyI
Or Folly's sick'ning riotE
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For there the ever tranquil mindE
On calm Religion restingJ
May in each lonely labyrinth findE
The DEITY whose boundless pow'rK
Directs the blast or tints the flow'rK
No mortal foe molestingJ
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Stranger yon spot was once the sceneL
Where peace and joy residedE
And oft the merry time has beenM
When Love and Friendship warm'd the breastE
And Freedom making wealth a jestE
The pride of Pomp deridedE
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Old JACOB was the Cottage LordE
His wide domain surroundingJ
By Nature's treasure amply stor'dE
He from his casement could beholdE
The breezy mountain ting'd with goldE
The varied landscape boundingJ
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The coming morn with lustre gayN
Breath'd sweetly on his dwellingJ
The twilight veil of parting dayN
Stole softly o'er his quiet shedE
Hiding the mountain's misty headE
Where the night breeze was swellingJ
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One lovely Girl Old JACOB rear'dE
And she was fair and bloomingJ
She like the morning Star appear'dE
Swift gliding o'er the mountain's crestE
While her blue eyes her soul confess'dE
No borrow'd rays assumingJ
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'Twas her's the vagrant lamb to leadE
To watch the wild goat playingJ
To join the Shepherd's tuneful reedE
And when the sultry Sun rose highO
To tend the Herds deep lowing nighO
Where the swift brook was strayingJ
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One sturdy Boy a younker boldE
Ere they were doom'd to severP
Maintain'd poor JACOB sick and oldE
But now where yon tall poplars waveQ
Pale primroses adorn the graveQ
Where JACOB sleeps for EverP
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Young in the wars the brave Boy fellH
His Sister died of sadnessC
But one remain'd their fate to tellH
For JACOB now was left aloneR
And he alas was helpless grownR
And pin'd in moody madnessC
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At night by moonshine would he strayN
Along the upland drearyS
And talking wildly all the wayN
Would fancy 'till the Sun uproseC
That Heav'n in pity mark'd the woesC
Of which his soul was wearyS
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One morn upon the dewy grassC
Poor JACOB's sorrows endedE
The woodland's narrow winding passC
Was his last scene of lonely careT
For gentle Stranger lifeless thereT
Was JACOB'S form extendedE
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He lies beneath yon Poplar treeS
That tops the church yard sighingJ
For sighing oft it seems to beS
And as its waving leaves aroundE
With morning's tears begem the groundE
The Zephyr trembles flyingJ
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And now behold yon little CotE
All dreary and forsakenB
And know that soon 'twill be thy lotE
To fall like Jacob and his raceC
And leave on Time's swift wing no traceC
Which way thy course is takenB
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Yet if for Truth and feeling knownR
Thou still shalt be lamentedE
For when thy parting sigh has flownR
Fond MEM'RY on thy grave shall giveU
A tear to bid thy VIRTUES liveV
Then Smile AND BE CONTENTEDE

Mary Darby Robinson



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