Monument Of Mrs. Howard - By Nollekens - In Wetheral Church, Near Corby, On The Banks Of The Eden Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAACCADEDEDF| Stretched on the dying Mother's lap lies dead | A |
| Her new born Babe dire ending of bright hope | B |
| But Sculpture here with the divinest scope | B |
| Of luminous faith heavenward hath raised that head | A |
| So patiently and through one hand has spread | A |
| A touch so tender for the insensate Child | C |
| Earth's lingering love to parting reconciled | C |
| Brief parting for the spirit is all but fled | A |
| That we who contemplate the turns of life | D |
| Through this still medium are consoled and cheered | E |
| Feel with the Mother think the severed Wife | D |
| Is less to be lamented than revered | E |
| And own that Art triumphant over strife | D |
| And pain hath powers to Eternity endeared | F |
William Wordsworth
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Christopher Houghton: I recently visited the curch at Wetheral. It is a beautiful building in itself. The sculpture is also beautiful & moving. I took a photograph, but it is protected by a glass & iron protective barrier in a side chapel. The sonnet is referenced in a pamphlet. It took some searching on google to locate the poem. Well worth a visit.
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