Ode - The Morning Of The Day Appointed For A General Thanksgiving. January 18, 1816 Poem Rhyme Scheme

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Ode - The Morning Of The Day Appointed For A General Thanksgiving. January 18, 1816 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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I	A
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Hail orient Conqueror of gloomy Night	B
Thou that canst shed the bliss of gratitude	C
On hearts howe'er insensible or rude	C
Whether thy punctual visitations smite	C
The haughty towers where monarchs dwell	D
Or thou impartial Sun with presence bright	C
Cheer'st the low threshold of the peasant's cell	D
Not unrejoiced I see thee climb the sky	A
In naked splendour clear from mist or haze	E
Or cloud approaching to divert the rays	E
Which even in deepest winter testify	A
Thy power and majesty	C
Dazzling the vision that presumes to gaze	E
Well does thine aspect usher in this Day	C
As aptly suits therewith that modest pace	F
Submitted to the chains	G
That bind thee to the path which God ordains	G
That thou shalt trace	G
Till with the heavens and earth thou pass away	C
Nor less the stillness of these frosty plains	G
Their utter stillness and the silent grace	G
Of yon ethereal summits white with snow	H
Whose tranquil pomp and spotless purity	C
Report of storms gone by	A
To us who tread below	H
Do with the service of this Day accord	C
Divinest Object which the uplifted eye	A
Of mortal man is suffered to behold	C
Thou who upon those snow clad Heights has poured	C
Meek lustre nor forget'st the humble Vale	I
Thou who dost warm Earth's universal mould	C
And for thy bounty wert not unadored	C
By pious men of old	C
Once more heart cheering Sun I bid thee hail	I
Bright be thy course to day let not this promise fail	I
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II	A
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'Mid the deep quiet of this morning hour	J
All nature seems to hear me while I speak	K
By feelings urged that do not vainly seek	K
Apt language ready as the tuneful notes	G
That stream in blithe succession from the throats	G
Of birds in leafy bower	J
Warbling a farewell to a vernal shower	J
There is a radiant though a short lived flame	L
That burns for Poets in the dawning east	C
And oft my soul hath kindled at the same	L
When the captivity of sleep had ceased	C
But He who fixed immoveably the frame	L
Of the round world and built by laws as strong	M
A solid refuge for distress	G
The towers of righteousness	G
He knows that from a holier altar came	L
The quickening spark of this day's sacrifice	G
Knows that the source is nobler whence doth rise	G
The current of this matin song	M
That deeper far it lies	G
Than aught dependent on the fickle skies	G
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III	A
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Have we not conquered by the vengeful sword	C
Ah no by dint of Magnanimity	C
That curbed the baser passions and left free	C
A loyal band to follow their liege Lord	C
Clear sighted Honour and his staid Compeers	G
Along a track of most unnatural years	G
In execution of heroic deeds	G
Whose memory spotless as the crystal beads	G
Of morning dew upon the untrodden meads	G
Shall live enrolled above the starry spheres	G
He who in concert with an earthly string	N
Of Britain's acts would sing	N
He with enraptured voice will tell	D
Of One whose spirit no reverse could quell	D
Of One that 'mid the failing never failed	C
Who paints how Britain struggled and prevailed	C
Shall represent her labouring with an eye	A
Of circumspect humanity	C
Shall show her clothed with strength and skill	O
All martial duties to fulfil	O
Firm as a rock in stationary fight	C
In motion rapid as the lightning's gleam	P
Fierce as a flood gate bursting at midnight	C
To rouse the wicked from their giddy dream	P
Woe woe to all that face her in the field	C
Appalled she may not be and cannot yield	C
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IV	A
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And thus is 'missed' the sole true glory	C
That can belong to human story	C
At which they only shall arrive	A
Who through the abyss of weakness dive	A
The very humblest are too proud of heart	C
And one brief day is rightly set apart	C
For Him who lifteth up and layeth low	O
For that Almighty God to whom we owe	O
Say not that we have vanquished but that we survive	A
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V	C
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How dreadful the dominion of the impure	Q
Why should the Song be tardy to proclaim	L
That less than power unbounded could not tame	L
That soul of Evil which from hell let loose	G
Had filled the astonished world with such abuse	G
As boundless patience only could endure	Q
Wide wasted regions cities wrapt in flame	L
Who sees may lift a streaming eye	A
To Heaven who never saw may heave a sigh	A
But the foundation of our nature shakes	G
And with an infinite pain the spirit aches	G
When desolated countries towns on fire	J
Are but the avowed attire	J
Of warfare waged with desperate mind	C
Against the life of virtue in mankind	C
Assaulting without ruth	R
The citadels of truth	R
While the fair gardens of civility	C
By ignorance defaced	C
By violence laid waste	C
Perish without reprieve for flower or tree	C
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VI	A
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A crouching purpose a distracted will	O
Opposed to hopes that battened upon scorn	S
And to desires whose ever waxing horn	S
Not all the light of earthly power could fill	O
Opposed to dark deep plots of patient skill	O
And to celerities of lawless force	G
Which spurning God had flung away remorse	G
What could they gain but shadows of redress	G
So bad proceeded propagating worse	G
And discipline was passion's dire excess	G
Widens the fatal web its lines extend	C
And deadlier poisons in the chalice blend	C
When will your trials teach you to be wise	G
O prostrate Lands consult your agonies	G
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VII	A
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No more the guilt is banished	C
And with the guilt the shame is fled	C
And with the guilt and shame the Woe hath vanished	C
Shaking the dust and ashes from her head	C
No more these lingerings of distress	G
Sully the limpid stream of thankfulness	G
What robe can Gratitude employ	O
So seemly as the radiant vest of Joy	O
What steps so suitable as those that move	A
In prompt obedience to spontaneous measures	G
Of glory and felicity and love	A
Surrendering the whole heart to sacred pleasures	G
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VIII	A
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O Britain dearer far than life is dear	T
If one there be	C
Of all thy progeny	C
Who can forget thy prowess never more	U
Be that ungrateful Son allowed to hear	V
Thy green leaves rustle or thy torrents roar	U
As springs the lion from his den	W
As from a forest brake	X
Upstarts a glistering snake	X
The bold Arch despot re appeared again	W
Wide Europe heaves impatient to be cast	C
With all her armed Powers	G
On that offensive soil like waves upon a thousand shores	G
The trumpet blew a universal blast	C
But Thou art foremost in the field there stand	C
Receive the triumph destined to thy hand	C
All States have glorified themselves their claims	G
Are weighed by Providence in balance even	Y
And now in preference to the mightiest names	G
To Thee the exterminating sword is given	Z
Dread mark of approbation justly gained	C
Exalted office worthily sustained	C
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IX	G
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Preserve O Lord within our hearts	G
The memory of thy favour	U
That else insensibly departs	G
And loses its sweet savour	U
Lodge it within us as the power of light	C
Lives inexhaustibly in precious gems	G
Fixed on the front of Eastern diadems	G
So shine our thankfulness for ever bright	C
What offering what transcendent monument	C
Shall our sincerity to Thee present	C
Not work of hands but trophies that may reach	A2
To highest Heaven the labour of the Soul	O
That builds as thy unerring precepts teach	A2
Upon the internal conquests made by each	A2
Her hope of lasting glory for the whole	O
Yet will not heaven disown nor earth gainsay	G
The outward service of this day	G
Whether the worshippers entreat	G
Forgiveness from God's mercy seat	G
Or thanks and praises to His throne ascend	G
That He has brought our warfare to an end	G
And that we need no second victory	U
Ha what a ghastly sight for man to see	U
And to the heavenly saints in peace who dwell	O
For a brief moment terrible	O
But to thy sovereign penetration fair	U
Before whom all things are that were	U
All judgments that have been or e'er shall be	U
Links in the chain of thy tranquillity	G
Along the bosom of this favoured Nation	Z
Breathe Thou this day a vital undulation	Z
Let all who do this land inherit	G
Be conscious of thy moving spirit	G
Oh 'tis a goodly Ordinance the sight	G
Though sprung from bleeding war is one of pure delight	G
Bless Thou the hour or ere the hour arrive	A
When a whole people shall kneel down in prayer	U
And at one moment in one rapture strive	A
With lip and heart to tell their gratitude	G
For thy protecting care	U
Their solemn joy praising the Eternal Lord	G
For tyranny subdued	G
And for the sway of equity renewed	G
For liberty confirmed and peace restored	G
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X	G
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But hark the summons down the placid lake	X
Floats the soft cadence of the church tower bells	G
Bright shines the Sun as if his beams would wake	X
The tender insects sleeping in their cells	G
Bright shines the Sun and not a breeze to shake	X
The drops that tip the melting icicles	G
'O enter now his temple gate '	-
Inviting words perchance already flung	B2
As the crowd press devoutly down the aisle	O
Of some old Minster's venerable pile	O
From voices into zealous passion stung	B2
While the tubed engine feels the inspiring blast	G
And has begun its clouds of sound to cast	G
Forth towards empyreal Heaven	Z
As if the fretted roof were riven	Z
'Us' humbler ceremonies now await	G
But in the bosom with devout respect	G
The banner of our joy we will erect	G
And strength of love our souls shall elevate	G
For to a few collected in his name	L
Their heavenly Father will incline an ear	U
Gracious to service hallowed by its aim	L
Awake the majesty of God revere	U
Go and with foreheads meekly bowed	G
Present your prayers go and rejoice aloud	G
The Holy One will hear	U
And what 'mid silence deep with faith sincere	U
Ye in your low and undisturbed estate	G
Shall simply feel and purely meditate	G
Of warnings from the unprecedented might	G
Which in our time the impious have disclosed	G
And of more arduous duties thence imposed	G
Upon the future advocates of right	G
Of mysteries revealed	G
And judgments unrepealed	G
Of earthly revolution	Z
And final retribution	Z
To his omniscience will appear	U
An offering not unworthy to find place	G
On this high DAY of THANKS before the	C2
Throne of Grace	G