Decay Of Piety Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCAABBADEDEFF| Oft have I seen ere Time had ploughed my cheek | A |
| Matrons and Sires who punctual to the call | B |
| Of their loved Church on fast or festival | C |
| Through the long year the house of Prayer would seek | A |
| By Christmas snows by visitation bleak | A |
| Of Easter winds unscared from hut or hall | B |
| They came to lowly bench or sculptured stall | B |
| But with one fervour of devotion meek | A |
| I see the places where they once were known | D |
| And ask surrounded even by kneeling crowds | E |
| Is ancient Piety for ever flown | D |
| Alas even then they seemed like fleecy clouds | E |
| That struggling through the western sky have won | F |
| Their pensive light from a departed sun | F |
William Wordsworth
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
<< Recollection Of The Portrait Of King Henry Eighth, Trinity Lodge, Cambridge Poem
The Armenian Lady's Love Poem>>
About Decay Of Piety
Decay Of Piety is a poem by William Wordsworth. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about Decay Of Piety poem by William Wordsworth
Best Poems of William Wordsworth