Walter And Jane: Or, The Poor Blacksmith. A Country Tale Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD E FFGGHHIIDDJJKKLLMM N FFOOPPQRSSTTUVHHWW X UVYYWWAAWWZZWWOA2E B2 C2C2D2D2E2E2KKLLWWF2 F2UVWW X G2G2H2I2WWWWAAKXIIE2 E2XX J2 KKK2K2L2L2XXC2C2KKM2 M2N2O2WW P2 JJXXL2L2XXQ2Q2AAR2R2 WWKK F W WWQ2Q2XXXXS2S2Q2Q2ET 2W Q2 WWL2L2WWKKQ2Q2Q2Q2XX AAET2 W XXXLWW AQ2Q2 WWFXF2F2XX T2 WWXXA T2T2XXWWKKT2T2F2 Q2 T2T2A KKT2T2WWT2T2AAU2V2W2 W2 T2 T2T2WWT2 T2T2WWWWQ2Q2X2X2T2T2 T2 XXXXWWF2F2WWY2Y2WWWW XX W Q2Q2WWQ2Q2Q2Q2WWWWXX Q2Q2Q2Q2 W T2T2WWD2D2T2T2WW T2XXT2T2WW Q2 AAT2T2Q2Q2Q2Q2XXWWWW IIPP Z2 T2T2Q2Q2WWXXT2T2Q2Q2 V2U2T2T2T2T2 Q2 G2G2T2T2WWWW| Bright was the summer sky the Mornings gay | A |
| And Jane was young and chearful as the Day | A |
| Not yet to Love but Mirth she paid her vows | B |
| And Echo mock'd her as she call'd her Cows | B |
| Tufts of green Broom that full in blossom vied | C |
| And grac'd with spotted gold the upland side | C |
| The level fogs o'erlook'd too high to share | D |
| So lovely JANE o'erlook'd the clouds of Care | D |
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| Jane | E |
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| No meadow flow'r rose fresher to the view | F |
| That met her morning footsteps in the dew | F |
| Where if a nodding stranger ey'd her charms | G |
| The blush of innocence was up in arms | G |
| Love's random glances struck the unguarded mind | H |
| And Beauty's magic made him look behind | H |
| Duly as morning blush'd or twilight came | I |
| Secure of greeting smiles and Village fame | I |
| She pass'd the Straw roof'd Shed in ranges where | D |
| Hung many a well turn'd Shoe and glitt'ring Share | D |
| Where WALTER as the charmer tripp'd along | J |
| Would stop his roaring Bellows and his Song | J |
| Dawn of affection Love's delicious sigh | K |
| Caught from the lightnings of a speaking eye | K |
| That leads the heart to rapture or to woe | L |
| 'Twas WALTER'S fate thy mad'ning power to know | L |
| And scarce to know ere in its infant twine | M |
| As the Blast shakes the tendrils of the Vine | M |
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| The Separation | N |
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| The budding bliss that full of promise grew | F |
| The chilling blight of separation knew | F |
| Scarce had he told his heart's unquiet case | O |
| And JANE to shun him ceas'd to mend her pace | O |
| And learnt to listen trembling as he spoke | P |
| And fondly judge his words beyond a joke | P |
| When at the Goal that bounds our prospects here | Q |
| Jane's widow'd Mistress ended her career | R |
| Blessings attended her divided store | S |
| The Mansion sold Jane's peaceful home no more | S |
| A distant Village own'd her for its Queen | T |
| Another service and another scene | T |
| But could another scene so pleasing prove | U |
| Twelve weary miles from Walter and from Love | V |
| The Maid grew thoughtful yet to Fate resign'd | H |
| Knew not the worth of what she left behind | H |
| He when at Eve releas'd from toil and heat | W |
| Soon miss'd the smiles that taught his heart to beat | W |
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| The Lover's Journey | X |
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| Each sabbath day of late was wont to prove | U |
| Hope's liberal feast the holiday of Love | V |
| But now upon his spirit's ebbing strength | Y |
| Came each dull hour's intolerable length | Y |
| The next had scarcely dawn'd when Walter hied | W |
| O'er hill and dale Affection for his guide | W |
| O'er the brown Heath his pathless journey lay | A |
| Where screaming Lapwings hail'd the op'ning day | A |
| High rose the Sun the anxious Lover sigh'd | W |
| His slipp'ry soles bespoke the dew was dried | W |
| Her last farewell hung fondly on his tongue | Z |
| As o'er the tufted Furze elate he sprung | Z |
| Trifling impediments his heart was light | W |
| For Love and Beauty glow'd in fancy's sight | W |
| And soon he gaz'd on Jane's enchanting face | O |
| Renew'd his passion but destroy'd his peace | A2 |
| Truth at whose shrine he bow'd inflicted pain | E |
| And Conscience whisper'd 'Never come again ' | - |
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| Self Denial | B2 |
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| For now his tide of gladness to oppose | C2 |
| A clay cold damp of doubts and fears arose | C2 |
| Clouds which involve midst Love and Reason's strife | D2 |
| The poor man's prospect when he takes a wife | D2 |
| Though gay his journeys in the Summer's prime | E2 |
| Each seem'd the repetition of a crime | E2 |
| He never left her but with many a sigh | K |
| When tears stole down his face she knew not why | K |
| Severe his task those visits to forego | L |
| And feed his heart with voluntary woe | L |
| Yet this he did the wan Moon circling found | W |
| His evenings cheerless and his rest unsound | W |
| And saw th' unquenched flame his bosom swell | F2 |
| What were his doubts thus let the Story tell | F2 |
| A month's sharp conflict only serv'd to prove | U |
| The pow'r as well as truth of Walter's love | V |
| Absence more strongly on his mind portray'd | W |
| His own sweet injur'd unoffending Maid | W |
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| The renew'd Journey | X |
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| Once more he'd go full resolute awhile | G2 |
| But heard his native Bells on every stile | G2 |
| The sound recall'd him with a pow'rful charm | H2 |
| The Heath wide open'd and the day was warm | I2 |
| There where a bed of tempting green he found | W |
| Increasing anguish weigh'd him to the ground | W |
| His well grown limbs the scatter'd Daisies press'd | W |
| While his clinch'd hand fell heavy on his breast | W |
| 'Why do I go in cruel sport to say | A |
| I love thee Jane appoint the happy day | A |
| 'Why seek her sweet ingenuous reply | K |
| 'Then grasp her hand and proffer poverty | X |
| 'Why if I love her and adore her name | I |
| 'Why act like time and sickness on her frame | I |
| 'Why should my scanty pittance nip her prime | E2 |
| 'And chace away the Rose before its time | E2 |
| 'I'm young 'tis true the world beholds me free | X |
| 'Labour ne'er show'd a frightful face to me | X |
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| Love of Prudence | J2 |
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| 'Nature's first wants hard labour should supply | K |
| 'But should it fail 'twill be too late to fly | K |
| 'Some Summers hence if nought our loves annoy | K2 |
| 'The image of my Jane may lisp her joy | K2 |
| 'Or blooming boys with imitative swing | L2 |
| 'May mock my arm and make the Anvil ring | L2 |
| 'Then if in rags But O my heart forbear | X |
| 'I love the Girl and why should I despair | X |
| 'And that I love her all the village knows | C2 |
| 'Oft from my pain the mirth of others flows | C2 |
| 'As when a neighbour's Steed with glancing eye | K |
| 'Saw his par'd hoof supported on my thigh | K |
| 'Jane pass'd that instant mischief came of course | M2 |
| 'I drove the nail awry and lam'd the Horse | M2 |
| 'The poor beast limp'd I bore a Master's frown | N2 |
| 'A thousand times I wish'd the wound my own | O2 |
| 'When to these tangling thoughts I've been resign'd | W |
| 'Fury or languor has possess'd my mind | W |
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| Recollections | P2 |
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| 'All eyes have stared I've blown a blast so strong | J |
| 'Forgot to smite at all or smote too long | J |
| 'If at the Ale house door with careless glee | X |
| 'One drinks to Jane and darts a look on me | X |
| 'I feel that blush which her dear name will bring | L2 |
| 'I feel but guilty Love 'tis not thy sting | L2 |
| 'Yet what are jeers the bubbles of an hour | X |
| 'Jane knows what Love can do and feels its pow'r | X |
| 'In her mild eye fair Truth her meaning tells | Q2 |
| 'Tis not in looks like her's that falsehood dwells | Q2 |
| 'As water shed upon a dusty way | A |
| 'I've seen midst downward pebbles devious stray | A |
| 'If kindred drops an adverse channel keep | R2 |
| 'The crystal friends toward each other creep | R2 |
| 'Near and still nearer rolls each little tide | W |
| 'Th' expanding mirror swells on either side | W |
| 'They touch 'tis done receding bound'ries fly | K |
| 'An instantaneous union strikes the eye | K |
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| The Interview | F |
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| 'So 'tis with us for Jane would be my bride | W |
| 'Shall coward fears then turn the bliss aside ' | - |
| While thus he spoke he heard a gentle sound | W |
| That seem'd a jarring footstep on the ground | W |
| Asham'd of grief he bade his eyes unclose | Q2 |
| And shook with agitation as he rose | Q2 |
| All unprepared the sweet surprise to bear | X |
| His heart beat high for Jane herself was there | X |
| Flusht was her cheek she seem'd the full blown flower | X |
| For warmth gave loveliness a double power | X |
| Round her fair brow the deep confusion ran | S2 |
| A waving handkerchief became her fan | S2 |
| Her lips where dwelt sweet love and smiling ease | Q2 |
| Puff'd gently back the warm assailing breeze | Q2 |
| 'I've travell'd all these weary miles with pain | E |
| 'To see my native village once again | T2 |
| 'And show my true regard for neighbour Hind | W |
| 'Not like you Walter she was always kind ' | - |
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| Resentment and Tenderness | Q2 |
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| 'Twas thus each soft actuation laid aside | W |
| She buoy'd her spirits up with maiden pride | W |
| Disclaimed her love e'en while she felt the sting | L2 |
| 'What come for Walter's sake ' 'Twas no such thing | L2 |
| But when astonishment his tongue releas'd | W |
| Pride's usurpation in an instant ceas'd | W |
| By force he caught her hand as passing by | K |
| And gaz'd upon her half averted eye | K |
| His heart's distraction and his boding fears | Q2 |
| She heard and answer'd with a flood of tears | Q2 |
| Precious relief sure friends that forward press | Q2 |
| To tell the mind's unspeakable distress | Q2 |
| Ye Youths whom crimson'd health and genuine fire | X |
| Bear joyous on the wings of young desire | X |
| Ye who still bow to Love's almighty sway | A |
| What could true passion what could Walter say | A |
| Age tell me true nor shake your locks in vain | E |
| Tread back your paths and be in love again | T2 |
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| Visit to a Friend | W |
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| In your young days did such a favouring hour | X |
| Show you the littleness of wealth and pow'r | X |
| Advent'rous climbers of the Mountain's brow | X |
| While Love their master spreads his couch below | L |
| 'My dearest Jane ' the untaught Walter cried | W |
| As half repell'd he pleaded by her side | W |
| 'My dearest Jane think of me as you may ' | - |
| Thus still unutter'd what he strove to say | A |
| They breath'd in sighs the anguish of their minds | Q2 |
| And took the path that led to neighbour Hind's | Q2 |
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| A secret joy the well known roof inspir'd | W |
| Small was its store and little they desir'd | W |
| Jane dried her tears while Walter forward flew | F |
| To aid the Dame who to the brink updrew | X |
| The pond'rous Bucket as they reach'd the well | F2 |
| And scarcely with exhausted breath could tell | F2 |
| How welcome to her Cot the blooming Pair | X |
| O'er whom she watch'd with a maternal care | X |
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| The Expostulation | T2 |
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| 'What ails thee Jane ' the wary Matron cried | W |
| With heaving breast the modest Maid reply'd | W |
| Now gently moving back her wooden Chair | X |
| To shun the current of the cooling air | X |
| 'Not much good Dame I'm weary by the way | A |
| 'Perhaps anon I've something else to say ' | - |
| Now while the Seed cake crumbled on her knee | T2 |
| And Snowy Jasmine peeped in to see | T2 |
| And the transparent Lilac at the door | X |
| Full to the Sun its purple honors bore | X |
| The clam'rous Hen her fearless brood display'd | W |
| And march'd around while thus the Matron said | W |
| 'Jane has been weeping Walter prithee why | K |
| 'I've seen her laugh and dance but never cry | K |
| 'But I can guess with her you should have been | T2 |
| 'When late I saw you loit'ring on the green | T2 |
| 'I'm an old Woman and the truth may tell | F2 |
| I say then Boy you have not us'd her well ' | - |
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| Pleadings of Experience for Love with extreme Prudence | Q2 |
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| JANE felt for WALTER felt his cruel pain | T2 |
| While Pity's voice brought forth her tears again | T2 |
| 'Don't scold him Neighbour he has much to say | A |
| 'Indeed he came and met me by the way ' | - |
| The Dame resum'd 'Why then my Children why | K |
| 'Do such young bosoms heave the piteous sigh | K |
| 'The ills of Life to you are yet unknown | T2 |
| 'Death's sev'ring shaft and Poverty's cold frown | T2 |
| 'I've felt them both by turns but as they pass'd | W |
| 'Strong was my trust and here I am at last | W |
| 'When I dwelt young and cheerful down the Lane | T2 |
| ' And though I say it I was much like JANE | T2 |
| 'O'er flow'ry fields with Hind I lov'd to stray | A |
| 'And talk and laugh and fool the time away | A |
| 'And Care defied who not one pain could give | U2 |
| 'Till the thought came of how we were to live | V2 |
| 'And then Love plied his arrows thicker still | W2 |
| 'And prov'd victorious as he always will | W2 |
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| The Victory | T2 |
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| 'We brav'd Life's storm together while that Drone | T2 |
| 'Your poor old Uncle WALTER liv'd alone | T2 |
| 'He died the other day when round his bed | W |
| 'No tender soothing tear Affection shed | W |
| 'Affection 'twas a plant he never knew | T2 |
| 'Why should he feast on fruits he never grew ' | - |
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| WALTER caught fire nor was he charm'd alone | T2 |
| With conscious Truth's firm elevated tone | T2 |
| JANE from her seat sprang forward half afraid | W |
| Attesting with a blush what Goody said | W |
| Her Lover took a more decided part | W |
| O 'twas the very Chord that touch'd his heart | W |
| Alive to the best feelings man can prize | Q2 |
| A Bridegroom's transport sparkled in his eyes | Q2 |
| Love conquering power with unrestricted range | X2 |
| Silenc'd the arguments of Time and Change | X2 |
| And led his vot'ry on and bade him view | T2 |
| And prize the light wing'd moments as they flew | T2 |
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| The Confession | T2 |
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| All doubts gave way all retrospective lore | X |
| Whence cooler Reason tortur'd him before | X |
| Comparison of times the Lab'rer's hire | X |
| And many a truth Reflection might inspire | X |
| Sunk powerless 'Dame I am a fool ' he cried | W |
| 'Alone I might have reason'd till I died | W |
| 'I caus'd those tears of Jane's but as they fell | F2 |
| 'How much I felt none but ourselves can tell | F2 |
| 'While dastard fears withheld me from her sight | W |
| 'Sighs reign'd by day and hideous dreams by night | W |
| ''Twas then the Soldier's plume and rolling Drum | Y2 |
| 'Seem'd for a while to strike my sorrows dumb | Y2 |
| 'To fly from Care then half resolv'd I stood | W |
| 'And without horror mus'd on fields of blood | W |
| 'But Hope prevail'd Be then the sword resign'd | W |
| 'And I'll make Shares for those that stay behind | W |
| 'And you sweet Girl ' | - |
| He would have added more | X |
| Had not a glancing shadow at the door | X |
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| Unexpected Visit | W |
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| Announc'd a guest who bore with winning grace | Q2 |
| His well tim'd errand pictur'd in his face | Q2 |
| Around with silent reverence they stood | W |
| A blameless reverence the man was good | W |
| Wealth he had some a match for his desires | Q2 |
| First on the list of active Country 'Squires | Q2 |
| Seeing the youthful pair with downcast eyes | Q2 |
| Unmov'd by Summer flowers and cloudless skies | Q2 |
| Pass slowly by his Gate his book resign'd | W |
| He watch'd their steps and follow'd far behind | W |
| Bearing with inward joy and honest pride | W |
| A trust of WALTER'S kinsman ere he died | W |
| A hard earn'd mite deposited with care | X |
| And with a miser's spirit worshipt there | X |
| He found what oft the generous bosom seeks | Q2 |
| In the Dame's court'seys and JANE'S blushing cheeks | Q2 |
| That consciousness of Worth that freeborn Grace | Q2 |
| Which waits on Virtue in the meanest place | Q2 |
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| The Difficulty remov'd | W |
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| 'Young Mon I'll not apologize to you | T2 |
| 'Nor name intrusion for my news is true | T2 |
| 'Tis duty brings me here your wants I've heard | W |
| 'And can relieve yet be the dead rever'd | W |
| 'Here in this Purse what should have cheer'd a Wife | D2 |
| 'Lies half the savings of your Uncle's life | D2 |
| 'I know your history and your wishes know | T2 |
| 'And love to see the seeds of Virtue grow | T2 |
| 'I've a spare Shed that fronts the public road | W |
| 'Make that your Shop I'll make it your abode | W |
| 'Thus much from me the rest is but your due ' | - |
| That instant twenty pieces sprung to view | T2 |
| Goody her dim eyes wiping rais'd her brow | X |
| And saw the young pair look they knew not how | X |
| Perils and Power while humble minds forego | T2 |
| Who gives them half a Kingdom gives them woe | T2 |
| Comforts may be procur'd and want defied | W |
| Heav'ns with how small a Sum when right applied | W |
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| How little of outward Good suffices for Happiness | Q2 |
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| Give Love and honest Industry their way | A |
| Clear but the Sun rise of Life's little day | A |
| Those we term poor shall oft that wealth obtain | T2 |
| For which th' ambitious sigh but sigh in vain | T2 |
| Wealth that still brightens as its stores increase | Q2 |
| The calm of Conscience and the reign of Peace | Q2 |
| Walter's enamour'd Soul from news like this | Q2 |
| Now felt the dawnings of his future bliss | Q2 |
| E'en as the Red breast shelt'ring in a bower | X |
| Mourns the short darkness of a passing Shower | X |
| Then while the azure sky extends around | W |
| Darts on a worm that breaks the moisten'd ground | W |
| And mounts the dripping fence with joy elate | W |
| And shares the prize triumphant with his mate | W |
| So did the Youth the treasure straight became | I |
| An humble servant to Love's sacred flame | I |
| Glorious subjection Thus his silence broke | P |
| Joy gave him words still quick'ning as he spoke | P |
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| Joy above Wealth | Z2 |
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| 'Want was my dread my wishes were but few | T2 |
| Others might doubt but JANE those wishes knew | T2 |
| This Gold may rid my heart of pains and sighs | Q2 |
| But her true love is still my greatest prize | Q2 |
| Long as I live when this bright day comes round | W |
| Beneath my Roof your noble deeds shall sound | W |
| But first to make my gratitude appear | X |
| I'll shoe your Honour's Horses for a Year | X |
| If clouds should threaten when your Corn is down | T2 |
| I'll lend a hand and summon half the town | T2 |
| If good betide I'll sound it in my songs | Q2 |
| And be the first avenger of your wrongs | Q2 |
| Though rude in manners free I hope to live | V2 |
| This Ale's not mine no Ale have I to give | U2 |
| Yet Sir though Fortune frown'd when I was born | T2 |
| Let's drink eternal friendship from this Horn | T2 |
| How much our present joy to you we owe | T2 |
| Soon our three Bells shall let the Neighbours know | T2 |
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| Grateful frankness | Q2 |
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| 'The sound shall raise e'en stooping Age awhile | G2 |
| 'And every Maid shall meet you with a smile | G2 |
| 'Long may you live' the wish like lightning flew | T2 |
| By each repeated as the 'Squire withdrew | T2 |
| 'Long may you live ' his feeling heart rejoin'd | W |
| Leaving well pleas'd such happy Souls behind | W |
| Hope promis'd fair to cheer them to the end | W |
| With Love their guide and Goody for their friend | W |
Robert Bloomfield
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