To Mrs. M. B. On Her Birthday Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDCCCCCEEFFCCCCGH| Oh be thou blest with all that Heav'n can send | A |
| Long Health long Youth long Pleasure and a Friend | A |
| Not with those Toys the female world admire | B |
| Riches that vex and Vanities that tire | C |
| With added years if Life bring nothing new | D |
| But like a Sieve let ev'ry blessing thro' | C |
| Some joy still lost as each vain year runs o'er | C |
| And all we gain some sad Reflection more | C |
| Is that a Birth Day 'tis alas too clear | C |
| 'Tis but the funeral of the former year | C |
| Let Joy or Ease let Affluence or Content | E |
| And the gay Conscience of a life well spent | E |
| Calm ev'ry thought inspirit ev'ry grace | F |
| Glow in thy heart and smile upon thy face | F |
| Let day improve on day and year on year | C |
| Without a Pain a Trouble or a Fear | C |
| Till Death unfelt that tender frame destroy | C |
| In some soft Dream or Extasy of joy | C |
| Peaceful sleep out the Sabbath of the Tomb | G |
| And wake to Raptures in a Life to come | H |
Alexander Pope
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