Catharina Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDE FGHGHIHI JKJKLMLM NONPQRQR STSTUVWV XYXYZA2ZA2 B2C2B2C2D2OD2PShe came she is gone we have met | A |
And meet perhaps never again | B |
The sun of that moment is set | A |
And seems to have risen in vain | C |
Catharina has fled like a dream | D |
So vanishes pleasure alas | E |
But has left a regret and esteem | D |
That will not so suddenly pass | E |
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The last evening ramble we made | F |
Catharina Maria and I | G |
Our progress was often delay d | H |
By the nightingale warbling nigh | G |
We paused under many a tree | H |
And much she was charm'd with a tone | I |
Less sweet to Maria and me | H |
Who so lately had witness'd her own | I |
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My numbers that day she had sung | J |
And gave them a grace so divine | K |
As only her musical tongue | J |
Could infuse into numbers of mine | K |
The longer I heard I esteem'd | L |
The work of my fancy the more | M |
And e'en to myself never seem'd | L |
So tuneful a poet before | M |
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Though the pleasures of London exceed | N |
In number the days of the year | O |
Catharina did nothing impede | N |
Would feel herself happier here | P |
For the close woven arches of limes | Q |
On the banks of our river I know | R |
Are sweeter to her many times | Q |
Than aught that the city can show | R |
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So it is when the mind is endued | S |
With a well judging taste from above | T |
Then whether embellish'd or rude | S |
'Tis nature alone that we love | T |
The achievements of art may amuse | U |
May even our wonder excite | V |
But groves hills and valleys diffuse | W |
A lasting a sacred delight | V |
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Since then in the rural recess | X |
Catharina alone can rejoice | Y |
May it still be her lot to possess | X |
The scene of her sensible choice | Y |
To inhabit a mansion remote | Z |
From the clatter of street pacing steeds | A2 |
And by Philomel's annual note | Z |
To measure the life that she leads | A2 |
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With her book and her voice and her lyre | B2 |
To wing all her moments at home | C2 |
And with scenes that new rapture inspire | B2 |
As oft as it suits her to roam | C2 |
She will have just the life she prefers | D2 |
With little to hope or to fear | O |
And ours would be pleasant as hers | D2 |
Might we view her enjoying it here | P |
William Cowper
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