Poscimur'from Horace Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABAB CCCDCD EEEFEF GHGHGI| Hush for they call If in the shade | A |
| My lute we twain have idly strayed | A |
| And song for many a season made | A |
| Once more reply | B |
| Once more we'll play as we have played | A |
| My lute and I | B |
| - | |
| Roman the song the strain you know | C |
| The Lesbian wrought it long ago | C |
| Now singing as he charged the foe | C |
| Now in the bay | D |
| Where safe in the shore water's flow | C |
| His galleys lay | D |
| - | |
| So sang he Bacchus and the Nine | E |
| And Venus and her boy divine | E |
| And Lycus of the dusky eyne | E |
| The dusky hair | F |
| So shalt thou sing ah Lute of mine | E |
| Of all things fair | F |
| - | |
| Apollo's glory Sounding shell | G |
| Thou lute to Jove desirable | H |
| When soft thine accents sigh and swell | G |
| At festival | H |
| Delight more dear than words can tell | G |
| Attend my call | I |
Andrew Lang
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