To ....... Upon The Birth Of Her First-born Child, March 1833 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AA BBAACDEEFAGH AAIIJKLLAABBAA BBLLMMLLBBNNOOPPAA BBBBQMRRBBAABBB AANNSSLLBBBBBBTTLLBB BBB

Tum porro puer ut saevis projectus ab undisA
Navita nudus humi jacet etc LucretiusA
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Like a shipwrecked Sailor tostB
By rough waves on a perilous coastB
Lies the Babe in helplessnessA
And in tenderest nakednessA
Flung by labouring nature forthC
Upon the mercies of the earthD
Can its eyes beseech no moreE
Than the hands are free to imploreE
Voice but serves for one brief cryF
Plaint was it or prophecyA
Of sorrow that will surely comeG
Omen of man's grievous doomH
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But O Mother by the closeA
Duly granted to thy throesA
By the silent thanks now tendingI
Incense like to Heaven descendingI
Now to mingle and to moveJ
With the gush of earthly loveK
As a debt to that frail CreatureL
Instrument of struggling NatureL
For the blissful calm the peaceA
Known but to this 'one' releaseA
Can the pitying spirit doubtB
That for human kind springs outB
From the penalty a senseA
Of more than mortal recompenseA
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As a floating summer cloudB
Though of gorgeous drapery proudB
To the sun burnt travelerL
Or the stooping labourerL
Oft times makes its bounty knownM
By its shadow round him thrownM
So by chequerings of sad cheerL
Heavenly Guardians brooding nearL
Of their presence tell too brightB
Haply for corporeal sightB
Ministers of grace divineN
Feelingly their brows inclineN
O'er this seeming CastawayO
Breathing in the light of dayO
Something like the faintest breathP
That has power to baffle deathP
Beautiful while very weaknessA
Captivates like passive meeknessA
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And sweet Mother under warrantB
Of the universal ParentB
Who repays in season dueB
Them who have like thee been trueB
To the filial chain let downQ
From his everlasting throneM
Angels hovering round thy couchR
With their softest whispers vouchR
That whatever griefs may fretB
Cares entangle sins besetB
This thy First born and with tearsA
Stain her cheek in future yearsA
Heavenly succour not deniedB
To the babe whate'er betideB
Will to the woman be suppliedB
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Mother blest be thy calm easeA
Blest the starry promisesA
And the firmament benignN
Hallowed be it where they shineN
Yes for them whose souls have scopeS
Ample for a winged hopeS
And can earthward bend an earL
For needful listening pledge is hereL
That if thy new born Charge shall treadB
In thy footsteps and be ledB
By that other Guide whose lightB
Of manly virtues mildly brightB
Gave him first the wished for partB
In thy gentle virgin heartB
Then amid the storms of lifeT
Presignified by that dread strifeT
Whence ye have escaped togetherL
She may look for serene weatherL
In all trials sure to findB
Comfort for a faithful mindB
Kindlier issues holier restB
Than even now await her prestB
Conscious Nursling to thy breastB

William Wordsworth



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