Chorus Of Athenians Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCCDEFF AGGHHAAII AJJIIKKLL AMMNNOOPP| Strophe I | A |
| Ye shades where sacred truth is sought | B |
| Groves where immortal Sages taught | B |
| Where heav'nly visions of Plato fir'd | C |
| And Epicurus lay inspir'd | C |
| In vain your guiltless laurels stood | D |
| Unspotted long with human blood | E |
| War horrid war your thoughtful walks invades | F |
| And steel now glitters in the Muses' shades | F |
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| Antistrophe I | A |
| Oh heav'n born sisters source of art | G |
| Who charm the sense or mend the heart | G |
| Who lead fair Virtue's train along | H |
| Moral Truth and mystic Song | H |
| To what new clime what distant sky | A |
| Forsaken friendless shall ye fly | A |
| Say will you bless the bleak Atlantic shore | I |
| Or bid the furious Gaul be rude no more | I |
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| Strophe II | A |
| When Athens sinks by fates unjust | J |
| When wild Barbarians spurn her dust | J |
| Perhaps ev'n Britain's utmost shore | I |
| Shall cease to blush with strager's gore | I |
| See Arts her savage sons control | K |
| And Athens rising near the pole | K |
| 'Till some new Tyrant lifts his purple hand | L |
| And civil madness tears them from this land | L |
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| Antistrophe II | A |
| Ye Gods what justice rules the ball | M |
| Freedom and Arts together fall | M |
| Fools grant whate'er Ambition craves | N |
| And men once ignorant are slaves | N |
| Oh curs'd effects of civil hate | O |
| In ev'ry age in ev'ry state | O |
| Still when the lust of tyrant power succeeds | P |
| Some Athens perishes some Tully bleeds | P |
Alexander Pope
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