The Origin Of The Sail Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDEF GHGH IJIJ KLML NNNN NONO NPNP NNNN NQNK NNNN RNRN RRRR SCSC TUTU| Sweet maid on whom my wishes rest | A |
| My morning thought my midnight dream | B |
| O grant Lysander's fond request | A |
| And let those eyes with mercy beam | B |
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| Thy coy delays at length give o'er | C |
| And let me claim thy nuptial vow | D |
| Bid that cold bosom cold no more | E |
| With mutual passion's ardour glow | F |
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| To yonder isle amidst the sea | G |
| Which sportive laves those mountains' feet | H |
| Beloved Euphrasia haste with me | G |
| And there the priest of Hymen meet | H |
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| There spicy groves thick foliage spread | I |
| The timid virgin's blush to hide | J |
| There gales which tender languors shed | I |
| Diffuse the richest perfumes wide | J |
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| O blest retreat for happy love | K |
| And see the sun's descending beams | L |
| Now richly gild each distant grove | M |
| And shed around soft roseate gleams | L |
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| Then let this bark for thee designed | N |
| For thee by anxious fondness drest | N |
| Yon beauteous island strive to find | N |
| And bear us o'er the ocean's breast | N |
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| Here paused the youth and round her waist | N |
| His arm with timid boldness threw | O |
| While from his grasp with blushing haste | N |
| The pleased yet frowning fair withdrew | O |
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| And wilt thou scorn my suit he said | N |
| While in despair his hands he wrung | P |
| Behold replied the yielding maid | N |
| And to the bark she sighing sprung | P |
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| There fondly seated by her side | N |
| The youth her fluttered spirits cheered | N |
| And o'er the eve empurpled tide | N |
| To find the priest of Hymen steered | N |
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| But too too slow for lovers' haste | N |
| The sluggish bark appeared to move | Q |
| Still lengthening seemed the watry waste | N |
| To thy fond glances eager love | K |
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| At length with fruitless wishes tired | N |
| The fretful youth to Cupid prayed | N |
| Who pitying power a thought inspired | N |
| The ardent suppliant's will to aid | N |
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| To hide her face from Love's keen gaze | R |
| O'er which Consent's soft languor spread | N |
| Within her veil's luxuriant maze | R |
| Euphrasia wrapt her beauteous head | N |
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| But now that veil the youth unbinds | R |
| Then to the bark with ardour ties | R |
| See its folds catch the passing winds | R |
| And lo to land the vessel flies | R |
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| But not alone youth loved of heaven | S |
| Thy glowing bosom blessed that hour | C |
| The thought to crown thy wishes given | S |
| Still charms with never ending power | C |
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| And grateful ages yet unborn | T |
| Shall bless Euphrasia's floating veil | U |
| Thence dawned on Art a brighter morn | T |
| For thence she framed the swelling sail | U |
Amelia Opie
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