The Rape Of The Lock (canto 3) Poem Rhyme Scheme

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Close by those meads for ever crown'd with flow'rs	A
Where Thames with pride surveys his rising tow'rs	A
There stands a structure of majestic frame	B
Which from the neighb'ring Hampton takes its name	B
Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom	B
Of foreign tyrants and of nymphs at home	B
Here thou great Anna whom three realms obey	C
Dost sometimes counsel take and sometimes tea	D
Hither the heroes and the nymphs resort	E
To taste awhile the pleasures of a court	E
In various talk th' instructive hours they pass'd	F
Who gave the ball or paid the visit last	F
One speaks the glory of the British queen	G
And one describes a charming Indian screen	G
A third interprets motions looks and eyes	A
At ev'ry word a reputation dies	A
Snuff or the fan supply each pause of chat	H
With singing laughing ogling and all that	H
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Meanwhile declining from the noon of day	C
The sun obliquely shoots his burning ray	C
The hungry judges soon the sentence sign	I
And wretches hang that jury men may dine	I
The merchant from th' Exchange returns in peace	A
And the long labours of the toilet cease	A
Belinda now whom thirst of fame invites	A
Burns to encounter two adventrous knights	A
At ombre singly to decide their doom	B
And swells her breast with conquests yet to come	B
Straight the three bands prepare in arms to join	J
Each band the number of the sacred nine	I
Soon as she spreads her hand th' aerial guard	K
Descend and sit on each important card	K
First Ariel perch'd upon a Matadore	C
Then each according to the rank they bore	C
For Sylphs yet mindful of their ancient race	A
Are as when women wondrous fond of place	A
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Behold four Kings in majesty rever'd	L
With hoary whiskers and a forky beard	L
And four fair Queens whose hands sustain a flow'r	C
Th' expressive emblem of their softer pow'r	C
Four Knaves in garbs succinct a trusty band	M
Caps on their heads and halberds in their hand	M
And parti colour'd troops a shining train	N
Draw forth to combat on the velvet plain	N
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The skilful nymph reviews her force with care	C
Let Spades be trumps she said and trumps they were	C
	-
Now move to war her sable Matadores	A
In show like leaders of the swarthy Moors	A
Spadillio first unconquerable lord	O
Led off two captive trumps and swept the board	O
As many more Manillio forc'd to yield	P
And march'd a victor from the verdant field	P
Him Basto follow'd but his fate more hard	K
Gain'd but one trump and one plebeian card	K
With his broad sabre next a chief in years	A
The hoary Majesty of Spades appears	A
Puts forth one manly leg to sight reveal'd	P
The rest his many colour'd robe conceal'd	P
The rebel Knave who dares his prince engage	Q
Proves the just victim of his royal rage	Q
Ev'n mighty Pam that kings and queens o'erthrew	C
And mow'd down armies in the fights of loo	R
Sad chance of war now destitute of aid	S
Falls undistinguish'd by the victor Spade	S
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Thus far both armies to Belinda yield	P
Now to the baron fate inclines the field	P
His warlike Amazon her host invades	A
Th' imperial consort of the crown of Spades	A
The Club's black tyrant first her victim died	T
Spite of his haughty mien and barb'rous pride	T
What boots the regal circle on his head	U
His giant limbs in state unwieldy spread	U
That long behind he trails his pompous robe	V
And of all monarchs only grasps the globe	V
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The baron now his diamonds pours apace	A
Th' embroider'd King who shows but half his face	A
And his refulgent Queen with pow'rs combin'd	W
Of broken troops an easy conquest find	W
Clubs Diamonds Hearts in wild disorder seen	G
With throngs promiscuous strow the level green	G
Thus when dispers'd a routed army runs	A
Of Asia's troops and Afric's sable sons	A
With like confusion diff'rent nations fly	X
Of various habit and of various dye	X
The pierc'd battalions disunited fall	Y
In heaps on heaps one fate o'erwhelms them all	Y
	-
The Knave of Diamonds tries his wily arts	A
And wins oh shameful chance the Queen of Hearts	A
At this the blood the virgin's cheek forsook	Z
A livid paleness spreads o'er all her look	Z
She sees and trembles at th' approaching ill	A2
Just in the jaws of ruin and codille	A2
And now as oft in some distemper'd state	B2
On one nice trick depends the gen'ral fate	B2
An Ace of Hearts steps forth The King unseen	G
Lurk'd in her hand and mourn'd his captive Queen	G
He springs to vengeance with an eager pace	A
And falls like thunder on the prostrate Ace	A
The nymph exulting fills with shouts the sky	X
The walls the woods and long canals reply	X
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Oh thoughtless mortals ever blind to fate	B2
Too soon dejected and too soon elate	B2
Sudden these honours shall be snatch'd away	C
And curs'd for ever this victorious day	C
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For lo the board with cups and spoons is crown'd	C2
The berries crackle and the mill turns round	C2
On shining altars of Japan they raise	A
The silver lamp the fiery spirits blaze	A
From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide	T
While China's earth receives the smoking tide	T
At once they gratify their scent and taste	D2
And frequent cups prolong the rich repast	D2
Straight hover round the fair her airy band	D2
Some as she sipp'd the fuming liquor fann'd	D2
Some o'er her lap their careful plumes display'd	D2
Trembling and conscious of the rich brocade	D2
Coffee which makes the politician wise	A
And see through all things with his half shut eyes	A
Sent up in vapours to the baron's brain	N
New stratagems the radiant lock to gain	N
Ah cease rash youth desist ere 'tis too late	D2
Fear the just gods and think of Scylla's fate	D2
Chang'd to a bird and sent to flit in air	C
She dearly pays for Nisus' injur'd hair	C
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But when to mischief mortals bend their will	A2
How soon they find fit instruments of ill	A2
Just then Clarissa drew with tempting grace	A
A two edg'd weapon from her shining case	A
So ladies in romance assist their knight	D2
Present the spear and arm him for the fight	D2
He takes the gift with rev'rence and extends	A
The little engine on his fingers' ends	A
This just behind Belinda's neck he spread	D2
As o'er the fragrant steams she bends her head	D2
Swift to the lock a thousand sprites repair	C
A thousand wings by turns blow back the hair	C
And thrice they twitch'd the diamond in her ear	C
Thrice she look'd back and thrice the foe drew near	C
Just in that instant anxious Ariel sought	D2
The close recesses of the virgin's thought	D2
As on the nosegay in her breast reclin'd	D2
He watch'd th' ideas rising in her mind	D2
Sudden he view'd in spite of all her art	D2
An earthly lover lurking at her heart	D2
Amaz'd confus'd he found his pow'r expir'd	D2
Resign'd to fate and with a sigh retir'd	D2
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The peer now spreads the glitt'ring forfex wide	D2
T' inclose the lock now joins it to divide	D2
Ev'n then before the fatal engine clos'd	D2
A wretched Sylph too fondly interpos'd	D2
Fate urg'd the shears and cut the Sylph in twain	N
But airy substance soon unites again	E2
The meeting points the sacred hair dissever	C
From the fair head for ever and for ever	C
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Then flash'd the living lightning from her eyes	A
And screams of horror rend th' affrighted skies	A
Not louder shrieks to pitying Heav'n are cast	D2
When husbands or when lap dogs breathe their last	D2
Or when rich China vessels fall'n from high	X
In glitt'ring dust and painted fragments lie	X
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Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine	I
The victor cried the glorious prize is mine	I
While fish in streams or birds delight in air	C
Or in a coach and six the British fair	C
As long atAtalantis shall be read	D2
Or the small pillow grace a lady's bed	D2
While visits shall be paid on solemn days	A
When num'rous wax lights in bright order blaze	A
While nymphs take treats or assignations give	F2
So long my honour name and praise shall live	G2
What time would spare from steel receives its date	D2
And monuments like men submit to fate	D2
Steel could the labour of the gods destroy	C
And strike to dust th' imperial tow'rs of Troy	C
Steel could the works of mortal pride confound	D2
And hew triumphal arches to the ground	D2
What wonder then fair nymph thy hairs should feel	A2
The conqu'ring force of unresisted steel	A2

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