The Eolian Harp Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGHIJKILMNOAPQRS THUVWXYZGAEA2AB2 C2DD2DD2D2WDWD2AD2WW E2 HWD2D2D2D2D2F2XG2H2W IDWD2

Composed at Clevedon SomersetshireA
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My pensive Sara thy soft cheek reclinedB
Thus on mine arm most soothing sweet it isC
To sit beside our Cot our Cot o'ergrownD
With white flower'd Jasmin and the broad leav'd MyrtleE
Meet emblems they of Innocence and LoveF
And watch the clouds that late were rich with lightG
Slow saddening round and mark the star of eveH
Serenely brilliant such should Wisdom beI
Shine opposite How exquisite the scentsJ
Snatch'd from yon bean field and the world so hushedK
The stilly murmur of the distant SeaI
Tells us of silenceL
And that simplest LuteM
Placed length ways in the clasping casement harkN
How by the desultory breeze caress'dO
Like some coy maid half yielding to her loverA
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 eveH
Voyage on gentle gales from Fairy LandU
Where Melodies round honey dripping 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 lightG
Rhythm in all thought and joyance every whereA
Methinks it should have been impossibleE
Not to love all things in a world so fill'dA2
Where the breeze warbles and the mute still airA
Is Music slumbering on her instrumentB2
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And thus my Love as on the midway slopeC2
Of yonder hill I stretch my limbs at noonD
Whilst through my half clos'd eye lids I beholdD2
The sunbeams dance like diamonds on the mainD
And tranquil muse upon tranquillityD2
Full many a thought uncall'd and undetain'dD2
And many idle flitting phantasiesW
Traverse my indolent and passive brainD
As wild and various as the random galesW
That swell and flutter on this subject LuteD2
And what if all of animated natureA
Be but organic Harps diversely fram'dD2
That tremble into thought as o'er them sweepsW
Plastic and vast one intellectual breezeW
At once the Soul of each and God of allE2
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But thy more serious eye a mild reproofH
Darts O belov eacute d Woman nor such thoughtsW
Dim and unhallow'd dost thou not rejectD2
And biddest me walk humbly with my GodD2
Meek Daughter in the family of ChristD2
Well hast thou said and holily disprais'dD2
These shapings of the unregenerate mindD2
Bubbles that glitter as they rise and breakF2
On vain Philosophy's aye babbling springX
For never guiltless may I speak of himG2
The Incomprehensible save when with aweH2
I praise him and with Faith that inly feelsW
Who with his saving mercies heal eacute d meI
A sinful and most miserable manD
Wilder'd and dark and gave me to possessW
Peace and this Cot and thee heart honour'd MaidD2

Samuel Taylor Coleridge



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