Ballade Of The Muse Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBBCBA CBCBBCBA CBCBBCBC D BCCC| The man whom once Melpomene | A |
| Thou look'st on with benignant sight | B |
| Shall never at the Isthmus be | C |
| A boxer eminent in fight | B |
| Nor fares he foremost in the flight | B |
| Of Grecian cars to victory | C |
| Nor goes with Delian laurels dight | B |
| The man thou lov'st Melpomene | A |
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| Not him the Capitol shall see | C |
| As who hath crush'd the threats and might | B |
| Of monarchs march triumphantly | C |
| But Fame shall crown him in his right | B |
| Of all the Roman lyre that smite | B |
| The first so woods of Tivoli | C |
| Proclaim him so her waters bright | B |
| The man thou lov'st Melpomene | A |
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| The sons of queenly Rome count ME | C |
| Me too with them whose chants delight | B |
| The poets' kindly company | C |
| Now broken is the tooth of spite | B |
| But thou that temperest aright | B |
| The golden lyre all all to thee | C |
| He owes life fame and fortune's height | B |
| The man thou lov'st Melpomene | C |
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| ENVOY | D |
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| Queen that to mute lips could'st unite | B |
| The wild swan's dying melody | C |
| Thy gifts ah how shall he requite | C |
| The man thou lov'st Melpomene | C |
Andrew Lang
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