To Fancy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDAEFGHIJKLMNGOPQR STU VWXYZFA2B2RC2ZD2E2FB 2E2F2G2H2I2J2NK2L2M2 ZN2O2P2Q2 R2S2T2F2U2I2V2W2X2I2 W2U2OW2Y2Z2W2FH| O what a nameless feeling of delight | A |
| Stole o'er my wondering spirit like a gleam | B |
| From opening heaven dost thou then Fancy deign | C |
| Once more to visit me thou dost thou dost | D |
| That breath of extacy that heavenly light | A |
| Flow'd from the wafture of thy angel wings | E |
| And from thy smiling eyes divinest Power | F |
| Welcome thrice welcome O vouchsafe to make | G |
| My breast thy temple and my heart thy shrine | H |
| Still will I worship thee and thou shalt keep | I |
| In peace thy new abode nor fear the approach | J |
| Of aught profane or hostile to disturb | K |
| Thy holy mysteries for I will chase | L |
| Far from the hallow'd precincts where thou dwell'st | M |
| Each worldly passion every grovelling thought | N |
| And all the train of Vice striving to make | G |
| The shrine well worthy its celestial guest | O |
| Still will I worship thee and oft invoke | P |
| Thine inspirations and with transport yield | Q |
| To thy sweet magic influence all my soul | R |
| The slightest breath of thine inspiring voice | S |
| Shall wake my nerves most feelingly alive | T |
| And bid them tremble with poetic bliss | U |
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| The frown of Reason thou no more shalt fear | V |
| Did I say Reason's frown no 'twas the frown | W |
| Of false Philosophy her foolish pride | X |
| Reason and Thou are sisters born to rule | Y |
| Unitedly in happiest harmony | Z |
| The mind of man and in the heaven sent hour | F |
| Of inspiration from the self same source | A2 |
| Ye pour the stream of mingled light and flame | B2 |
| That animates illumes and warms the soul | R |
| How could I e'er desert thee loveliest Nymph | C2 |
| To court thy rival false Philosophy | Z |
| How could I quit thy verdant flowery walks | D2 |
| To tread with painful toil the briary maze | E2 |
| Of metaphysic lore Indulgent Power | F |
| The offence forgive Lured by the specious name | B2 |
| Philosophy and by her meteor rays | E2 |
| Misled with fond presumptuousness I strove | F2 |
| To penetrate the dark unfathom'd depth | G2 |
| Where Truth in awful mystery resides | H2 |
| Not deigning in thy mirror to behold | I2 |
| Her image though in loveliest beauty clad | J2 |
| With lawless curiosity I sought | N |
| To view the Goddess in her naked form | K2 |
| But heaven to man nor angel gives to scan | L2 |
| Truth's very self she lives for ever hid | M2 |
| Shrined in the bosom of Divinity | Z |
| Long wandering mid the chaos I at length | N2 |
| Approach'd the border of the cold dark waste | O2 |
| The bottomless abyss the dreadful void | P2 |
| Of scepticism affrighted back I shrunk | Q2 |
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| O Fancy ne'er will I forsake thee more | R2 |
| Nor view thee with severe truth searching eye | S2 |
| Melting thy fairy visions into air | T2 |
| Thy paradise delighted let me rove | F2 |
| There study nature and with grateful heart | U2 |
| In thy serene translucent stream behold | I2 |
| The light of truth reflected and the smile | V2 |
| Of heaven's benevolence and in that glass | W2 |
| The loveliness of every Virtue woo | X2 |
| And every Grace There let me too behold | I2 |
| In all her beauty bright eyed Poesy | W2 |
| That heavenly Maid who charm'd my youthful heart | U2 |
| And let the love of glory fire my breast | O |
| And let me see to stimulate my powers | W2 |
| The new born crescent of my fame ascend | Y2 |
| While on its pointed horn the Fairy Hope | Z2 |
| On tiptoe stands fluttering her airy wings | W2 |
| To fan its beams and joyful hails the hour | F |
| When in its full orb'd glory it shall shine | H |
Thomas Oldham
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