A Farewell Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAABAB CDCEFCGC HIHIJHIH KLKLMKLN OEOEEOEO PQPQ PQP RSTSSRSR UVUVVUVUner in the lowest stair | A |
Of that magnificent temple which doth bound | B |
One side of our whole vale with grandeur rare | A |
Sweet garden orchard eminently fair | A |
The loveliest spot that man hath ever found | B |
Farewell we leave thee to Heaven's peaceful care | A |
Thee and the Cottage which thou dost surround | B |
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Our boat is safely anchored by the shore | C |
And there will safely ride when we are gone | D |
The flowering shrubs that deck our humble door | C |
Will prosper though untended and alone | E |
Fields goods and far off chattels we have none | F |
These narrow bounds contain our private store | C |
Of things earth makes and sun doth shine upon | G |
Here are they in our sight we have no more | C |
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Sunshine and shower be with you bud and bell | H |
For two months now in vain we shall be sought | I |
We leave you here in solitude to dwell | H |
With these our latest gifts of tender thought | I |
Thou like the morning in thy saffron coat | J |
Bright gowan and marsh marigold farewell | H |
Whom from the borders of the Lake we brought | I |
And placed together near our rocky Well | H |
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We go for One to whom ye will be dear | K |
And she will prize this Bower this Indian shed | L |
Our own contrivance Building without peer | K |
A gentle Maid whose heart is lowly bred | L |
Whose pleasures are in wild fields gathered | M |
With joyousness and with a thoughtful cheer | K |
Will come to you to you herself will wed | L |
And love the blessed life that we lead here | N |
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Dear Spot which we have watched with tender heed | O |
Bringing thee chosen plants and blossoms blown | E |
Among the distant mountains flower and weed | O |
Which thou hast taken to thee as thy own | E |
Making all kindness registered and known | E |
Thou for our sakes though Nature's child indeed | O |
Fair in thyself and beautiful alone | E |
Hast taken gifts which thou dost little need | O |
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And O most constant yet most fickle Place | P |
Thou hast thy wayward moods as thou dost show | Q |
To them who look not daily on thy face | P |
Who being loved in love no bounds dost know | Q |
And say'st when we forsake thee 'Let them go ' | - |
Thou easy hearted Thing with thy wild race | P |
Of weeds and flowers till we return be slow | Q |
And travel with the year at a soft pace | P |
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Help us to tell Her tales of years gone by | R |
And this sweet spring the best beloved and best | S |
Joy will be flown in its mortality | T |
Something must stay to tell us of the rest | S |
Here thronged with primroses the steep rock's breast | S |
Glittered at evening like a starry sky | R |
And in this bush our sparrow built her nest | S |
Of which I sang one song that will not die | R |
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O happy Garden whose seclusion deep | U |
Hath been so friendly to industrious hours | V |
And to soft slumbers that did gently steep | U |
Our spirits carrying with them dreams of flowers | V |
And wild notes warbled among leafy bowers | V |
Two burning months let summer overleap | U |
And coming back with Her who will be ours | V |
Into thy bosom we again shall creep | U |
William Wordsworth
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