Ecclesiastical Sonnets - Part Iii. - Xii - Down A Swift Stream Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBAACDEEDDE| Down a swift Stream thus far a bold design | A |
| Have we pursued with livelier stir of heart | B |
| Than his who sees borne forward by the Rhine | A |
| The living landscapes greet him and depart | B |
| Sees spires fast sinking up again to start | B |
| And strives the towers to number that recline | A |
| O'er the dark steeps or on the horizon line | A |
| Striding with shattered crests his eye athwart | C |
| So have we hurried on with troubled pleasure | D |
| Henceforth as on the bosom of a stream | E |
| That slackens and spreads wide a watery gleam | E |
| We nothing loth a lingering course to measure | D |
| May gather up our thoughts and mark at leisure | D |
| How widely spread the interests of our theme | E |
William Wordsworth
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