Imitations Of English Poets. Waller: Of A Lady Singing To Her Lute Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFF G HIAAJJKKLMNNAA| Fair charmer cease nor make your voice's prize | A |
| A heart resign'd the conquest of your eyes | A |
| Well might alas that threaten'd vessel fail | B |
| Which winds and lightning both at once assail | B |
| We were too blest with these enchanting lays | C |
| Which must be heavenly when an angel plays | C |
| But killing charms your lover's death contrive | D |
| Lest heavenly music should be heard alive | D |
| Orpheus could charm the trees but thus a tree | E |
| Taught by your hand can charm no less than he | E |
| A poet made the silent wood pursue | F |
| This vocal wood had drawn the poet too | F |
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| ON A FAN OF THE AUTHOR'S DESIGN | G |
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| IN WHICH WAS PAINTED THE STORY OF CEPHALUS AND PROCRIS WITH THE MOTTO 'AURA VENI ' | - |
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| 'Come gentle Air ' the Aeolian shepherd said | H |
| While Procris panted in the secret shade | I |
| 'Come gentle Air ' the fairer Delia cries | A |
| While at her feet her swain expiring lies | A |
| Lo the glad gales o'er all her beauties stray | J |
| Breathe on her lips and in her bosom play | J |
| In Delia's hand this toy is fatal found | K |
| Nor could that fabled dart more surely wound | K |
| Both gifts destructive to the givers prove | L |
| Alike both lovers fall by those they love | M |
| Yet guiltless too this bright destroyer lives | N |
| At random wounds nor knows the wound she gives | N |
| She views the story with attentive eyes | A |
| And pities Procris while her lover dies | A |
Alexander Pope
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