Ballades Ii - Of The Book-hunter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACCDCC ACACCCCC ACACCCCC E CCCC| IN torrid heats of late July | A |
| In March beneath the bitter bise | B |
| He book hunts while the loungers fly | A |
| He book hunts though December freeze | C |
| In breeches baggy at the knees | C |
| And heedless of the public jeers | D |
| For these for these he hoards his fees | C |
| Aldines Bodonis Elzevirs | C |
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| No dismal stall escapes his eye | A |
| He turns o er tomes of low degrees | C |
| There soiled romanticists may lie | A |
| Or Restoration comedies | C |
| Each tract that flutters in the breeze | C |
| For him is charged with hopes and fears | C |
| In mouldy novels fancy sees | C |
| Aldines Bodonis Elzevirs | C |
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| With restless eyes that peer and spy | A |
| Sad eyes that heed not skies nor trees | C |
| In dismal nooks he loves to pry | A |
| Whose motto evermore is Spes | C |
| But ah the fabled treasure flees | C |
| Grown rarer with the fleeting years | C |
| In rich men s shelves they take their ease | C |
| Aldines Bodonis Elzevirs | C |
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| ENVOY | E |
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| Prince all the things that tease and please | C |
| Fame hope wealth kisses cheers and tears | C |
| What are they but such toys as these | C |
| Aldines Bodonis Elzevirs | C |
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