To Thomas Butts Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFBBAAGGHH IIHHDDJJHHKKCCLLMMNN OOPPQQBBAAIIRRSSAAHT RRUUVVWXRRTTYYZZHH

TO my friend Butts I writeA
My first vision of lightA
On the yellow sands sittingB
The sun was emittingB
His glorious beamsC
From Heaven s high streamsC
Over sea over landD
My eyes did expandD
Into regions of airE
Away from all careE
Into regions of fireF
Remote from desireF
The light of the morningB
Heaven s mountains adorningB
In particles brightA
The jewels of lightA
Distinct shone and clearG
Amaz d and in fearG
I each particle gaz dH
Astonish d amaz dH
For each was a ManI
Human form d Swift I ranI
For they beckon d to meH
Remote by the seaH
Saying Each grain of sandD
Every stone on the landD
Each rock and each hillJ
Each fountain and rillJ
Each herb and each treeH
Mountain hill earth and seaH
Cloud meteor and starK
Are men seen afarK
I stood in the streamsC
Of Heaven s bright beamsC
And saw Felpham sweetL
Beneath my bright feetL
In soft Female charmsM
And in her fair armsM
My Shadow I knewN
And my wife s Shadow tooN
And my sister and friendO
We like infants descendO
In our Shadows on earthP
Like a weak mortal birthP
My eyes more and moreQ
Like a sea without shoreQ
Continue expandingB
The Heavens commandingB
Till the jewels of lightA
Heavenly men beaming brightA
Appear d as One ManI
Who complacent beganI
My limbs to enfoldR
In His beams of bright goldR
Like dross purg d awayS
All my mire and my clayS
Soft consum d in delightA
In His bosom sun brightA
I remain d Soft He smil dH
And I heard His voice mildT
Saying This is My foldR
O thou ram horn d with goldR
Who awakest from sleepU
On the sides of the deepU
On the mountains aroundV
The roarings resoundV
Of the lion and wolfW
The loud sea and deep gulfX
These are guards of My foldR
O thou ram horn d with goldR
And the voice faded mildT
I remain d as a childT
All I ever had knownY
Before me bright shoneY
I saw you and your wifeZ
By the fountains of lifeZ
Such the vision to meH
Appear d on the seaH

William Blake



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