Yarrow Visited Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEFE EEEEGHEI JEKEELML ANONPNEN EEQEERSR FLTLUVWV EAXAEVEV YLZLELFL TAA2ALLEL LVEVB2AC2A ED2LD2RRE2RSeptember | A |
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And is this Yarrow This the stream | B |
Of which my fancy cherished | C |
So faithfully a waking dream | B |
An image that hath perished | C |
O that some minstrel's harp were near | D |
To utter notes of gladness | E |
And chase this silence from the air | F |
That fills my heart with sadness | E |
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Yet why a silvery current flows | E |
With uncontrolled meanderings | E |
Nor have these eyes by greener hills | E |
Been soothed in all my wanderings | E |
And through her depths Saint Mary's Lake | G |
Is visibly delighted | H |
For not a feature of those hills | E |
Is in the mirror slighted | I |
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A blue sky bends o'er Yarrow Vale | J |
Save where that pearly whiteness | E |
Is round the rising sun diffused | K |
A tender hazy brightness | E |
Mild dawn of promise that excludes | E |
All profitless dejection | L |
Though not unwilling here to admit | M |
A pensive recollection | L |
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Where was it that the famous Flower | A |
Of Yarrow Vale lay bleeding | N |
His bed perchance was yon smooth mound | O |
On which the herd is feeding | N |
And haply from this crystal pool | P |
Now peaceful as the morning | N |
The Water wraith ascended thrice | E |
And gave his doleful warning | N |
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Delicious is the Lay that sings | E |
The haunts of happy lovers | E |
The path that leads them to the grove | Q |
The leafy grove that covers | E |
And pity sanctifies the verse | E |
That paints by strength of sorrow | R |
The unconquerable strength of love | S |
Bear witness rueful Yarrow | R |
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But thou that didst appear so fair | F |
To fond imagination | L |
Dost rival in the light of day | T |
Her delicate creation | L |
Meek loveliness is round thee spread | U |
A softness still and holy | V |
The grace of forest charms decayed | W |
And pastoral melancholy | V |
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That region left the vale unfolds | E |
Rich groves of lofty stature | A |
With Yarrow winding through the pomp | X |
Of cultivated nature | A |
And rising from those lofty groves | E |
Behold a ruin hoary | V |
The shattered front of Newark's Towers | E |
Renowned in Border story | V |
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Fair scenes for childhood's opening bloom | Y |
For sportive youth to stray in | L |
For manhood to enjoy his strength | Z |
And age to wear away in | L |
Yon cottage seems a bower of bliss | E |
A covert for protection | L |
Of tender thoughts that nestle there | F |
The brood of chaste affection | L |
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How sweeet on this autumnal day | T |
The wild wood fruits to gather | A |
And on my true love's forehead plant | A2 |
A crest of blooming heather | A |
And what if I enwreathed my own | L |
'Twere no offence to reason | L |
The sober hills thus deck their brows | E |
To meet the wintry season | L |
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I see but not by sight alone | L |
Loved Yarrow have I won thee | V |
A ray of Fancy still survives | E |
Her sunshine plays upon thee | V |
Thy ever youthful waters keep | B2 |
A course of lively pleasure | A |
And gladsome notes my lips can breathe | C2 |
Accordant to the measure | A |
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The vapours linger round the heights | E |
They melt and soon must vanish | D2 |
One hour is theirs nor more is mine | L |
Sad thought which I would banish | D2 |
But that I know where'er I go | R |
Thy genuine image Yarrow | R |
Will dwell with me to heighten joy | E2 |
And cheer my mind in sorrow | R |
William Wordsworth
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