Ecclesiastical Sonnets - Part Ii. - Xl - The Same Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCCDDCEFGHEI| Holy and heavenly Spirits as they are | A |
| Spotless in life and eloquent as wise | B |
| With what entire affection do they prize | B |
| Their Church reformed labouring with earnest care | C |
| To baffle all that may her strength impair | C |
| That Church the unperverted Gospel's seat | D |
| In their afflictions a divine retreat | D |
| Source of their liveliest hope and tenderest prayer | C |
| The truth exploring with an equal mind | E |
| In doctrine and communion they have sought | F |
| Firmly between the two extremes to steer | G |
| But theirs the wise man's ordinary lot | H |
| To trace right courses for the stubborn blind | E |
| And prophesy to ears that will not hear | I |
William Wordsworth
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