Poet William Wordsworth

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A Flower Garden At Coleorton Hall, Leicestershire. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABACDD EFEGGG HIHJKK LMLMNN OPOPPP QPQPRR PSPSTT PUPUVW XPXPYYPP

TELL me ye Zephyrs that unfoldA
While fluttering o'er this gay RecessB
Pinions that fanned the teeming mouldA
Of Eden's blissful wildernessC
Did only softly stealing hoursD
There close the peaceful lives of flowersD
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Say when the 'moving' creatures sawE
All kinds commingled without fearF
Prevailed a like indulgent lawE
For the still growths that prosper hereG
Did wanton fawn and kid forbearG
The half blown rose the lily spareG
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Or peeped they often from their bedsH
And prematurely disappearedI
Devoured like pleasure ere it spreadsH
A bosom to the sun endearedJ
If such their harsh untimely doomK
It falls not 'here' on bud or bloomK
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All summer long the happy EveL
Of this fair Spot her flowers may bindM
Nor e'er with ruffled fancy grieveL
From the next glance she casts to findM
That love for little things by FateN
Is rendered vain as love for greatN
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Yet where the guardian fence is woundO
So subtly are our eyes beguiledP
We see not nor suspect a boundO
No more than in some forest wildP
The sight is free as air or crostP
Only by art in nature lostP
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And though the jealous turf refuseQ
By random footsteps to be prestP
And feed on never sullied dewsQ
'Ye' gentle breezes from the westP
With all the ministers of hopeR
Are tempted to this sunny slopeR
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And hither throngs of birds resortP
Some inmates lodged in shady nestsS
Some perched on stems of stately portP
That nod to welcome transient guestsS
While hare and leveret seen at playT
'Appear' not more shut out than theyT
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Apt emblem for reproof of prideP
This delicate Enclosure showsU
Of modest kindness that would hideP
The firm protection she bestowsU
Of manners like its viewless fenceV
Ensuring peace to innocenceW
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Thus spake the moral Muse her wingX
Abruptly spreading to departP
She left that farewell offeringX
Momento for some docile heartP
That may respect the good old ageY
When Fancy was Truth's willing PageY
And Truth would skim the flowery gladeP
Though entering but as Fancy's ShadeP

William Wordsworth



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