Elegiac Stanzas Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCCAB DEFFDE GHIIGH JKLMJK HNOOHN DPQQDP DRSSDR ITDDIT UVWWUX HDYYHD ZA2DDZA2 B2DFFB2D C2D2DDC2D2

Lulled by the sound of pastoral bellsA
Rude Nature's Pilgrims did we goB
From the dread summit of the QueenC
Of mountains through a deep ravineC
Where in her holy chapel dwellsA
Our Lady of the SnowB
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The sky was blue the air was mildD
Free were the streams and green the bowersE
As if to rough assaults unknownF
The genial spot had 'ever' shownF
A countenance that as sweetly smiledD
The face of summer hoursE
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And we were gay our hearts at easeG
With pleasure dancing through the frameH
We journeyed all we knew of careI
Our path that straggled here and thereI
Of trouble but the fluttering breezeG
Of Winter but a nameH
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If foresight could have rent the veilJ
Of three short days but hush no moreK
Calm is the grave and calmer noneL
Than that to which thy cares are goneM
Thou Victim of the stormy galeJ
Asleep on ZURICH'S shoreK
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O GODDARD what art thou a nameH
A sunbeam followed by a shadeN
Nor more for aught that time suppliesO
The great the experienced and the wiseO
Too much from this frail earth we claimH
And therefore are betrayedN
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We met while festive mirth ran wildD
Where from a deep lake's mighty urnP
Forth slips like an enfranchised slaveQ
A sea green river proud to laveQ
With current swift and undefiledD
The towers of old LUCERNEP
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We parted upon solemn groundD
Far lifted towards the unfading skyR
But all our thoughts were 'then' of EarthS
That gives to common pleasures birthS
And nothing in our hearts we foundD
That prompted even a sighR
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Fetch sympathising Powers of airI
Fetch ye that post o'er seas and landsT
Herbs moistened by Virginian dewD
A most untimely grave to strewD
Whose turf may never know the careI
Of 'kindred' human handsT
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Beloved by every gentle MuseU
He left his Transatlantic homeV
Europe a realised romanceW
Had opened on his eager glanceW
What present bliss what golden viewsU
What stores for years to comeX
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Though lodged within no vigorous frameH
His soul her daily tasks renewedD
Blithe as the lark on sun gilt wingsY
High poised or as the wren that singsY
In shady places to proclaimH
Her modest gratitudeD
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Not vain is sadly uttered praiseZ
The words of truth's memorial vowA2
Are sweet as morning fragrance shedD
From flowers 'mid GOLDAU'S ruins bredD
As evening's fondly lingering raysZ
On RIGHI'S silent browA2
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Lamented Youth to thy cold clayB2
Fit obsequies the Stranger paidD
And piety shall guard the StoneF
Which hath not left the spot unknownF
Where the wild waves resigned their preyB2
And 'that' which marks thy bedD
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And when thy Mother weeps for TheeC2
Lost Youth a solitary MotherD2
This tribute from a casual FriendD
A not unwelcome aid may lendD
To feed the tender luxuryC2
The rising pang to smotherD2

William Wordsworth



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