Upon Eckington Bridge, River Avon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDFFG HIHIJKJLLM NLNLOPOOOP| O pastoral heart of England like a psalm | A |
| Of green days telling with a quiet beat | B |
| O wave into the sunset flowing calm | C |
| O tir d lark descending on the wheat | B |
| Lies it all peace beyond the western fold | D |
| Where now the lingering shepherd sees his star | E |
| Rise upon Malvern Paints an Age of Gold | D |
| Yon cloud with prophecies of link d ease | F |
| Lulling this Land with hills drawn up like knees | F |
| To drowse beside her implements of war | G |
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| Man shall outlast his battles They have swept | H |
| Avon from Naseby Field to Savern Ham | I |
| And Evesham's dedicated stones have stepp'd | H |
| Down to the dust with Montfort's oriflamme | I |
| Nor the red tear nor the reflected tower | J |
| Abides but yet these elegant grooves remain | K |
| Worn in the sandstone parapet hour by hour | J |
| By labouring bargemen where they shifted ropes | L |
| E'en so shall men turn back from violent hopes | L |
| To Adam's cheer and toil with spade again | M |
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| Ay and his mother Nature to whose lap | N |
| Like a repentant child at length he hies | L |
| Nor in the whirlwind or the thunder clap | N |
| Proclaims her more tremendous mysteries | L |
| But when in winter's grave bereft of light | O |
| With still small voice divinelier whispering | P |
| Lifting the green head of the aconite | O |
| Feeding with sap of hope the hazel shoot | O |
| She feels God's finger active at the root | O |
| Turns in her sleep and murmurs of the Spring | P |
Sir Arthur Quiller-couch
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