Annus Memorabilis, 1789. Written In Commemoration Of His Majesty's Happy Recovery Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEFGGHHIJKKLL MMNNOOPPQQQRRSSTTUUV VWWXYZZJJA2CB2B2C2C2 D2D2QQE2E2F2F2G2G2H2 H2I2I2J2J2| I ransack'd for a theme of song | A |
| Much ancient chronicle and long | A |
| I read of bright embattled fields | B |
| Of trophied helmets spears and shields | B |
| Of chiefs whose single arm could boast | C |
| Prowess to dissipate a host | C |
| Through tomes of fable and of dream | D |
| I sought an eligible theme | D |
| But none I found or found them shared | E |
| Already by some happier bard | F |
| To modern times with truth to guide | G |
| My busy search I next applied | G |
| Here cities won and fleets dispersed | H |
| Urged loud a claim to be rehearsed | H |
| Deeds of unperishing renown | I |
| Our fathers' triumphs and our own | J |
| Thus as the bee from bank to bower | K |
| Assiduous sips at every flower | K |
| But rests on none till that be found | L |
| Where most nectareous sweets abound | L |
| So I from theme to theme display'd | M |
| In many a page historic stray'd | M |
| Siege after siege fight after fight | N |
| Contemplating with small delight | N |
| For feats of sanguinary hue | O |
| Not always glitter in my view | O |
| Till settling on the current year | P |
| I found the far sought treasure near | P |
| A theme for poetry divine | Q |
| A theme to ennoble even mine | Q |
| In memorable eighty nine | Q |
| The spring of eighty nine shall be | R |
| An ra cherish'd long by me | R |
| Which joyful I will oft record | S |
| And thankful at my frugal board | S |
| For then the clouds of eighty eight | T |
| That threaten'd England's trembling state | T |
| With loss of what she least could spare | U |
| Her sovereign's tutelary care | U |
| One breath of heaven that cried Restore | V |
| Chased never to assemble more | V |
| And for the richest crown on earth | W |
| If valued by its wearer's worth | W |
| The symbol of a righteous reign | X |
| Sat fast on George's brows again | Y |
| Then peace and joy again possess'd | Z |
| Our Queen's long agitated breast | Z |
| Such joy and peace as can be known | J |
| By sufferers like herself alone | J |
| Who losing or supposing lost | A2 |
| The good on earth they valued most | C |
| For that dear sorrow's sake forego | B2 |
| All hope of happiness below | B2 |
| Then suddenly regain the prize | C2 |
| And flash thanksgivings to the skies | C2 |
| O Queen of Albion queen of isles | D2 |
| Since all thy tears were changed to smiles | D2 |
| The eyes that never saw thee shine | Q |
| With joy not unallied to thine | Q |
| Transports not chargeable with art | E2 |
| Illume the land's remotest part | E2 |
| And strangers to the air of courts | F2 |
| Both in their toils and at their sports | F2 |
| The happiness of answer'd prayers | G2 |
| That gilds thy features show in theirs | G2 |
| If they who on thy state attend | H2 |
| Awe struck before thy presence bend | H2 |
| 'Tis but the natural effect | I2 |
| Of grandeur that ensures respect | I2 |
| But she is something more than queen | J2 |
| Who is beloved where never seen | J2 |
William Cowper
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