Invocation To The Earth, February 1816 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CBDCCEEFGFGGGHHG A GGIIJKJKKLLMNMN GG| I | A |
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| 'REST rest perturbed Earth | B |
| O rest thou doleful Mother of Mankind ' | - |
| A Spirit sang in tones more plaintive than the wind | C |
| 'From regions where no evil thing has birth | B |
| I come thy stains to wash away | D |
| Thy cherished fetters to unbind | C |
| And open thy sad eyes upon a milder day | C |
| The Heavens are thronged with martyrs that have risen | E |
| From out thy noisome prison | E |
| The penal caverns groan | F |
| With tens of thousands rent from off the tree | G |
| Of hopeful life by battle's whirlwind blown | F |
| Into the deserts of Eternity | G |
| Unpitied havoc Victims unlamented | G |
| But not on high where madness is resented | G |
| And murder causes some sad tears to flow | H |
| Though from the widely sweeping blow | H |
| The choirs of Angels spread triumphantly augmented | G |
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| II | A |
| - | |
| 'False Parent of Mankind | G |
| Obdurate proud and blind | G |
| I sprinkle thee with soft celestial dews | I |
| Thy lost maternal heart to re infuse | I |
| Scattering this far fetched moisture from my wings | J |
| Upon the act a blessing I implore | K |
| Of which the rivers in their secret springs | J |
| The rivers stained so oft with human gore | K |
| Are conscious may the like return no more | K |
| May Discord for a Seraph's care | L |
| Shall be attended with a bolder prayer | L |
| May she who once disturbed the seats of bliss | M |
| These mortal spheres above | N |
| Be chained for ever to the black abyss | M |
| And thou O rescued Earth by peace and love | N |
| And merciful desires thy sanctity approve ' | - |
| The Spirit ended his mysterious rite | G |
| And the pure vision closed in darkness infinite | G |
William Wordsworth
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