Felicity Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKHLMN ODPQR SITUVNWX| A squalid hideous town where streams run black | A |
| With vomit of a hundred roaring mills | B |
| Hither occasion calls me and ev'n here | C |
| All in the sable reek that wantonly | D |
| Defames the sunlight and deflowers the morn | E |
| One may at least surmise the sky still blue | F |
| Ev'n here the myriad slaves of the machine | G |
| Deem life a boon and here in days far sped | H |
| I overheard a kind eyed girl relate | I |
| To her companions how a favouring chance | J |
| By some few shillings weekly had increased | K |
| The earnings of her household and she said | H |
| 'So now we are happy having all we wished ' | L |
| Felicity indeed though more it lay | M |
| In wanting little than in winning all | N |
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| Felicity indeed Across the years | O |
| To me her tones come back rebuking me | D |
| Spreader of toils to snare the wandering Joy | P |
| No guile may capture and no force surprise | Q |
| Only by them that never wooed her won | R |
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| O curst with wide desires and spacious dreams | S |
| Too cunningly do ye accumulate | I |
| Appliances and means of happiness | T |
| E'er to be happy Lavish hosts ye make | U |
| Elaborate preparation to receive | V |
| A shy and simple guest who warned of all | N |
| The ceremony and circumstance wherewith | W |
| Ye mean to entertain her will not come | X |
William Watson
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