Ecclesiastical Sonnets - Part I. - Xxvi - Alfred Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACDEFFD| Behold a pupil of the monkish gown | A |
| The pious Alfred King to Justice dear | B |
| Lord of the harp and liberating spear | B |
| Mirror of Princes Indigent Renown | A |
| Might range the starry ether for a crown | A |
| Equal to 'his' deserts who like the year | B |
| Pours forth his bounty like the day doth cheer | B |
| And awes like night with mercy tempered frown | A |
| Ease from this noble miser of his time | C |
| No moment steals pain narrows not his cares | D |
| Though small his kingdom as a spark or gem | E |
| Of Alfred boasts remote Jerusalem | F |
| And Christian India through her widespread clime | F |
| In sacred converse gifts with Alfred shares | D |
William Wordsworth
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