Happy Solitude--unhappy Men Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GHII| My heart is easy and my burden light | A |
| I smile though sad when thou art in my sight | A |
| The more my woes in secret I deplore | B |
| I taste thy goodness and I love thee more | B |
| - | |
| There while a solemn stillness reigns around | C |
| Faith love and hope within my soul abound | C |
| And while the world suppose me lost in care | D |
| The joys of angels unperceived I share | D |
| - | |
| Thy creatures wrong thee O thou sovereign good | E |
| Thou art not loved because not understood | E |
| This grieves me most that vain pursuits beguile | F |
| Ungrateful men regardless of thy smile | F |
| - | |
| Frail beauty and false honour are adored | G |
| While Thee they scorn and trifle with thy Word | H |
| Pass unconcerned a Saviour's sorrows by | I |
| And hunt their ruin with a zeal to die | I |
William Cowper
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about Happy Solitude--unhappy Men poem by William Cowper
Best Poems of William Cowper