On The Portrait Of The Son Of J.g. Lambton, Esq., M.p. By Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.r.a Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCBDD EFGGFHH DIJJIKK LMNNMOO| Beautiful Boy thy heavenward thoughts | A |
| Are pictured in thine eyes | B |
| Thou hast no taint of mortal birth | C |
| Thy communing is not of earth | C |
| Thy holy musings rise | B |
| Like incense kindled from on high | D |
| Ascending to its native sky | D |
| - | |
| And such a head might once have graced | E |
| The infant Samuel when | F |
| Call'd by the favour of his God | G |
| The youthful priest the Temple trod | G |
| Beloved of Heaven and men | F |
| The same devotion on his brow | H |
| As brightens in thy forehead now | H |
| - | |
| Or thou may'st seem to Fancy's eye | D |
| One borne by arms Divine | I |
| One whom on Earth a Saviour bless'd | J |
| And on whose features left impress'd | J |
| The Contact's holy sign | I |
| A light a halo and a grace | K |
| So pure th' expression of that face | K |
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| Or has the Painter's skill alone | L |
| Such grace and glory given | M |
| Clothed thee with attributes which seem | N |
| Creations of an angel's dream | N |
| To raise the soul to Heaven | M |
| No as he found thee he arrayed | O |
| And Genius taught what God had made | O |
Thomas Gent
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