Poet Andrew Marvell

Andrew Marvell

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To His Noble Friend, Mr. Richard Lovelace, Upon His Poems Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABBCCDDEEFFGGHHII JKLLMMNAOOPPAQQ RRSSTTSSUVWWN XXYZ

SirA
Our times are much degenerate from thoseB
Which your sweet muse with your fair fortune choseB
And as complexions alter with the climesC
Our wits have drawn the infection of our timesC
That candid age no other way could tellD
To be ingenious but by speaking wellD
Who best could praise had then the greatest praiseE
'Twas more esteemed to give than bear the baysE
Modest ambition studied only thenF
To honour not herself but worthy menF
These virtues now are banished out of townG
Our Civil Wars have lost the civic crownG
He highest builds who with most art destroysH
And against others' fame his own employsH
I see the envious caterpillar sitI
On the fair blossom of each growing witI
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The air's already tainted with the swarmsJ
Of insects which against you rise in armsK
Word peckers paper rats book scorpionsL
Of wit corrupted the unfashioned sonsL
The barb d censurers begin to lookM
Like the grim consistory on thy bookM
And on each line cast a reforming eyeN
Severer than the young presbyteryA
Till when in vain they have thee all perusedO
You shall for being faultless be accusedO
Some reading your Lucasta will allegeP
You wronged in her the House's privelegeP
Some that you under sequestration areA
And one the book prohibits because KentQ
Their first petition by the author sentQ
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But when the beauteous ladies came to knowR
That their dear Lovelace was endangered soR
Lovelace that thawed the most congeal d breastS
He who loved best and them defended bestS
Whose hand so rudely grasps the steely brandT
Whose hand most gently melts the lady's handT
They all in mutiny though yet undressedS
Sallied and would in his defence contestS
And one the loveliest that was yet e'er seenU
Thinking that I too of the rout had beenV
Mine eyes invaded with a female spiteW
She knew what pain 'twould cause to lose that sightW
O no mistake not ' I replied for IN
In your defence or in his cause would die '-
But he secure of glory and of timeX
Above their envy or mine aid doth climbX
Him valiant'st men and fairest nymphs approveY
His book in them finds judgement with you loveZ

Andrew Marvell



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