Composed Upon An Evening Of Extraordinary Splendour And Beauty Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFFGGHIIHJKJLMNOO A PQPQAGGGRSSRTUTUVVSS A GWGWXXSSFGGFSSSSSSYZ T A2AB2GSSGGTGGTSSSSC2 C2GG| I | A |
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| Had this effulgence disappeared | B |
| With flying haste I might have sent | C |
| Among the speechless clouds a look | D |
| Of blank astonishment | E |
| But 'tis endued with power to stay | F |
| And sanctify one closing day | F |
| That frail Mortality may see | G |
| What is ah no but what 'can' be | G |
| Time was when field and watery cove | H |
| With modulated echoes rang | I |
| While choirs of fervent Angels sang | I |
| Their vespers in the grove | H |
| Or crowning star like each some sovereign height | J |
| Warbled for heaven above and earth below | K |
| Strains suitable to both Such holy rite | J |
| Methinks if audibly repeated now | L |
| From hill or valley could not move | M |
| Sublimer transport purer love | N |
| Than doth this silent spectacle the gleam | O |
| The shadow and the peace supreme | O |
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| II | A |
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| No sound is uttered but a deep | P |
| And solemn harmony pervades | Q |
| The hollow vale from steep to steep | P |
| And penetrates the glades | Q |
| Far distant images draw nigh | A |
| Called forth by wondrous potency | G |
| Of beamy radiance that imbues | G |
| Whate'er it strikes with gem like hues | G |
| In vision exquisitely clear | R |
| Herds range along the mountain side | S |
| And glistening antlers are descried | S |
| And gilded flocks appear | R |
| Thine is the tranquil hour purpureal Eve | T |
| But long as god like wish or hope divine | U |
| Informs my spirit ne'er can I believe | T |
| That this magnificence is wholly thine | U |
| From worlds not quickened by the sun | V |
| A portion of the gift is won | V |
| An intermingling of Heaven's pomp is spread | S |
| On ground which British shepherds tread | S |
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| III | A |
| - | |
| And if there be whom broken ties | G |
| Afflict or injuries assail | W |
| Yon hazy ridges to their eyes | G |
| Present a glorious scale | W |
| Climbing suffused with sunny air | X |
| To stop no record hath told where | X |
| And tempting Fancy to ascend | S |
| And with immortal Spirits blend | S |
| Wings at my shoulders seem to play | F |
| But rooted here I stand and gaze | G |
| On those bright steps that heavenward raise | G |
| Their practicable way | F |
| Come forth ye drooping old men look abroad | S |
| And see to what fair countries ye are bound | S |
| And if some traveller weary of his road | S |
| Hath slept since noon tide on the grassy ground | S |
| Ye Genii to his covert speed | S |
| And wake him with such gentle heed | S |
| As may attune his soul to meet the dower | Y |
| Bestowed on this transcendent hour | Z |
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| IV | T |
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| Such hues from their celestial Urn | A2 |
| Were wont to stream before mine eye | A |
| Where'er it wandered in the morn | B2 |
| Of blissful infancy | G |
| This glimpse of glory why renewed | S |
| Nay rather speak with gratitude | S |
| For if a vestige of those gleams | G |
| Survived 'twas only in my dreams | G |
| Dread Power whom peace and calmness serve | T |
| No less than Nature's threatening voice | G |
| If aught unworthy be my choice | G |
| From THEE if I would swerve | T |
| Oh let thy grace remind me of the light | S |
| Full early lost and fruitlessly deplored | S |
| Which at this moment on my waking sight | S |
| Appears to shine by miracle restored | S |
| My soul though yet confined to earth | C2 |
| Rejoices in a second birth | C2 |
| 'Tis past the visionary splendour fades | G |
| And night approaches with her shades | G |
William Wordsworth
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Penn Hackney: Thank you for having this here, I was looking for it and was afraid I would not find it. I would like to see some context, which I cannot find: date, was it in a collection, was there a precipitating event, etc? , I was told is is the ‘Ninth Evening Voluntary,' but I don’t know what those are. Thank you.
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