To---- On Her First Ascent To The Summit Of Helvellyn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG CHCH ICIC FIFI FIFI IIII DJDD| INMATE of a mountain dwelling | A |
| Thou hast clomb aloft and gazed | B |
| From the watch towers of Helvellyn | C |
| Awed delighted and amazed | B |
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| Potent was the spell that bound thee | D |
| Not unwilling to obey | E |
| For blue Ether's arms flung round thee | D |
| Stilled the pantings of dismay | E |
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| Lo the dwindled woods and meadows | F |
| What a vast abyss is there | G |
| Lo the clouds the solemn shadows | F |
| And the glistenings heavenly fair | G |
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| And a record of commotion | C |
| Which a thousand ridges yield | H |
| Ridge and gulf and distant ocean | C |
| Gleaming like a silver shield | H |
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| Maiden now take flight inherit | I |
| Alps or Andes they are thine | C |
| With the morning's roseate Spirit | I |
| Sweep their length of snowy line | C |
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| Or survey their bright dominions | F |
| In the gorgeous colours drest | I |
| Flung from off the purple pinions | F |
| Evening spreads throughout the west | I |
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| Thine are all the coral fountains | F |
| Warbling in each sparry vault | I |
| Of the untrodden lunar mountains | F |
| Listen to their songs or halt | I |
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| To Niphates' top invited | I |
| Whither spiteful Satan steered | I |
| Or descend where the ark alighted | I |
| When the green earth re appeared | I |
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| For the power of hills is on thee | D |
| As was witnessed through thine eye | J |
| Then when old Helvellyn won thee | D |
| To confess their majesty | D |
William Wordsworth
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