Stagyrus - Later Titled 'desire' Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABBCCDDEEBB FFFFGGCCFFHHCCBB HFFHIIIIBJKJKLLMMCCN NCOOPPPCCHIBB| Thou who dost dwell alone | A |
| Thou who dost know thine own | A |
| Thou to whom all are known | A |
| From the cradle to the grave | B |
| Save oh save | B |
| From the world's temptations | C |
| From tribulations | C |
| From that fierce anguish | D |
| Wherein we languish | D |
| From that torpor deep | E |
| Wherein we lie asleep | E |
| Heavy as death cold as the grave | B |
| Save oh save | B |
| - | |
| When the Soul growing clearer | F |
| Sees God no nearer | F |
| When the Soul mounting higher | F |
| To God comes no nigher | F |
| But the arch fiend Pride | G |
| Mounts at her side | G |
| Foiling her high emprize | C |
| Sealing her eagle eyes | C |
| And when she fain would soar | F |
| Makes idols to adore | F |
| Changing the pure emotion | H |
| Of her high devotion | H |
| To a skin deep sense | C |
| Of her own eloquence | C |
| Strong to deceive strong to enslave | B |
| Save oh save | B |
| - | |
| From the ingrain'd fashion | H |
| Of this earthly nature | F |
| That mars thy creature | F |
| From grief that is but passion | H |
| From mirth that is but feigning | I |
| From tears that bring no healing | I |
| From wild and weak complaining | I |
| Thine old strength revealing | I |
| Save oh save | B |
| From doubt where all is double | J |
| Where wise men are not strong | K |
| Where comfort turns to trouble | J |
| Where just men suffer wrong | K |
| Where sorrow treads on joy | L |
| Where sweet things soonest cloy | L |
| Where faiths are built on dust | M |
| Where Love is half mistrust | M |
| Hungry and barren and sharp as the sea | C |
| Oh set us free | C |
| O let the false dream fly | N |
| Where our sick souls do lie | N |
| Tossing continually | C |
| O where thy voice doth come | O |
| Let all doubts be dumb | O |
| Let all words be mild | P |
| All strifes be reconcil'd | P |
| All pains beguil'd | P |
| Light bring no blindness | C |
| Love no unkindness | C |
| Knowledge no ruin | H |
| Fear no undoing | I |
| From the cradle to the grave | B |
| Save oh save | B |
Matthew Arnold
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