The Aeolian Harp Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJHK LMNOPQRSTGUVWXYZFA2D B2A2C2 D2CE2CHHWCWHOHWWF2GW HHHHHG2XH2I2WHCWH

My pensive SARA thy soft cheek reclinedA
Thus on mine arm most soothing sweet it isB
To sit beside our Cot our Cot o'ergrownC
With white flower'd Jasmin and the broad leav'd MyrtleD
Meet emblems they of Innocence and LoveE
And watch the clouds that late were rich with lightF
Slow saddenning round and mark the star of eveG
Serenely brilliant such should Wisdom beH
Shine opposite How exquisite the scentsI
Snatch'd from yon bean field and the world so hush'dJ
The stilly murmur of the distant SeaH
Tells us of silenceK
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Image Image And that simplest LuteL
Plac'd length ways in the clasping casement harkM
How by the desultory breeze caress'dN
Like some coy maid half yielding to her loverO
It pours such sweet upbraiding as must needsP
Tempt to repeat the wrong And now its stringsQ
Boldlier swept the long sequacious notesR
Over delicious surges sink and riseS
Such a soft floating witchery of soundT
As twilight Elfins make when they at eveG
Voyage on gentle gales from Faery LandU
Where Melodies round honey dropping flowersV
Footless and wild like birds of ParadiseW
Nor pause nor perch hovering on untam'd wingX
O the one Life within us and abroadY
Which meets all motion and becomes its soulZ
A light in sound a sound like power in lightF
Rhythm in all thought and joyance every whereA2
Methinks it should have been impossibleD
Not to love all things in a world so fill'dB2
Where the breeze warbles and the mute still airA2
Is Music slumbering on her instrumentC2
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And thus my Love as on the midway slopeD2
Of yonder hill I stretch my limbs at noonC
Whilst thro' my half clos'd eye lids I beholdE2
The sunbeams dance like diamonds on the mainC
And tranquil muse upon tranquilityH
Full many a thought uncall'd and undetain'dH
And many idle flitting phantasiesW
Traverse my indolent and passive brainC
As wild and various as the random galesW
That swell and flutter on this subject LuteH
And what if all of animated natureO
Be but organic Harps diversly fram'dH
That tremble into thought as o'er them sweepsW
Plastic and vast one intellectual breezeW
At once the Soul of each and God of allF2
But thy more serious eye a mild reproofG
Darts O belov d Woman nor such thoughtsW
Dim and unhallow'd dost thou not rejectH
And biddest me walk humbly with my GodH
Meek Daughter in the Family of ChristH
Well hast thou said and holily disprais'dH
These shapings of the unregenerate mindH
Bubbles that glitter as they rise and breakG2
On vain Philosophy's aye babbling springX
For never guiltless may I speak of himH2
The Incomprehensible save when with aweI2
I praise him and with Faith that inly feelsW
Who with his saving mercies heal d meH
A sinful and most miserable manC
Wilder'd and dark and gave me to possessW
Peace and this Cot and thee heart honour'd MaidH

Samuel Taylor Coleridge



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