For The Spot Where The Hermitage Stood On St. Herbert's Island, Derwentwater. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOOPKOO QOROOOKIf thou in the dear love of some one Friend | A |
Hast been so happy that thou know'st what thoughts | B |
Will sometimes in the happiness of love | C |
Make the heart sink then wilt thou reverence | D |
This quiet spot and Stranger not unmoved | E |
Wilt thou behold this shapeless heap of stones | F |
The desolate ruins of St Herbert's Cell | G |
Here stood his threshold here was spread the roof | H |
That sheltered him a self secluded Man | I |
After long exercise in social cares | J |
And offices humane intent to adore | K |
The Deity with undistracted mind | L |
And meditate on everlasting things | M |
In utter solitude But he had left | N |
A Fellow labourer whom the good Man loved | O |
As his own soul And when with eye upraised | O |
To heaven he knelt before the crucifix | P |
While o'er the lake the cataract of Lodore | K |
Pealed to his orisons and when he paced | O |
Along the beach of this small isle and thought | O |
Of his Companion he would pray that both | Q |
Now that their earthly duties were fulfilled | O |
Might die in the same moment Nor in vain | R |
So prayed he as our chronicles report | O |
Though here the Hermit numbered his last day | O |
Far from St Cuthbert his beloved Friend | O |
Those holy Men both died in the same hour | K |
William Wordsworth
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