Prologue To Thomson's 'sophonisba.'[59] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEAAFGHHIIJJKKHHLMNN OOPP| When Learning after the long Gothic night | A |
| Fair o'er the western world renew'd its light | A |
| With arts arising Sophonisba rose | B |
| The tragic Muse returning wept her woes | B |
| With her th' Italian scene first learn'd to glow | C |
| And the first tears for her were taught to flow | C |
| Her charms the Gallic Muses next inspired | D |
| Corneille himself saw wonder'd and was fired | D |
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| What foreign theatres with pride have shown | E |
| Britain by juster title makes her own | E |
| When freedom is the cause 'tis hers to fight | A |
| And hers when freedom is the theme to write | A |
| For this a British author bids again | F |
| The heroine rise to grace the British scene | G |
| Here as in life she breathes her genuine flame | H |
| She asks What bosom has not felt the same | H |
| Asks of the British youth is silence there | I |
| She dares to ask it of the British fair | I |
| To night our homespun author would be true | J |
| At once to nature history and you | J |
| Well pleased to give our neighbours due applause | K |
| He owns their learning but disdains their laws | K |
| Not to his patient touch or happy flame | H |
| 'Tis to his British heart he trusts for fame | H |
| If France excel him in one freeborn thought | L |
| The man as well as poet is in fault | M |
| Nature informer of the poet's art | N |
| Whose force alone can raise or melt the heart | N |
| Thou art his guide each passion every line | O |
| Whate'er he draws to please must all be thine | O |
| Be thou his judge in every candid breast | P |
| Thy silent whisper is the sacred test | P |
Alexander Pope
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