Lines On Receiving From The Eight Hon. The Lady Frances Shirley[63] A Standish And Two Pens Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDC EFEG HIHI JKJK LMLM BGBN OHO| Yes I beheld the Athenian queen | A |
| Descend in all her sober charms | B |
| 'And take ' she said and smiled serene | A |
| 'Take at this hand celestial arms | B |
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| 'Secure the radiant weapons wield | C |
| This golden lance shall guard desert | D |
| And if a vice dares keep the field | C |
| This steel shall stab it to the heart ' | - |
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| Awed on my bended knees I fell | E |
| Received the weapons of the sky | F |
| And dipp'd them in the sable well | E |
| The fount of fame or infamy | G |
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| 'What well what weapon ' Flavia cries | H |
| 'A standish steel and golden pen | I |
| It came from Bertrand's not the skies | H |
| I gave it you to write again | I |
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| 'But friend take heed whom you attack | J |
| You'll bring a house I mean of peers | K |
| Red blue and green nay white and black | J |
| L and all about your ears | K |
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| 'You'd write as smooth again on glass | L |
| And run on ivory so glib | M |
| As not to stick at fool or ass | L |
| Nor stop at flattery or fib | M |
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| 'Athenian queen and sober charms | B |
| I tell ye fool there's nothing in't | G |
| 'Tis Venus Venus gives these arms | B |
| In Dryden's Virgil see the print | N |
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| 'Come if you'll be a quiet soul | O |
| That dares tell neither truth nor lies | H |
| I'll list you in the harmless roll | O |
| Of those that sing of these poor eyes ' | - |
Alexander Pope
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