Odes From Horace. - [1]to The Fountain Of Blandusia. Book The Third, Ode The Thirteenth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDD EFEFGG FHFIJJ KLMLNN| Nymph of the stream whose source perpetual pours | A |
| The living waters thro' the sparkling sand | B |
| Cups of bright wine enwreath'd with summer flowers | C |
| For rich libation round thy brink shall stand | B |
| When on the morrow at thy Bard's decree | D |
| A young and spotless Kid is sacrificed to thee | D |
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| He while his brows the primal antlers swell | E |
| Conscious of strength and gay of heart prepares | F |
| To meet the female and the foe repel | E |
| In vain he wishes and in vain he dares | F |
| His ardent blood thy pebbly bed shall stain | G |
| Till each translucent wave flows crimson to the plain | G |
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| In vain shall Sirius shake his fiery hairs | F |
| O'er thy pure flood with waving poplars veil'd | H |
| For thou when most his sultry influence glares | F |
| Refreshing shade and cooling draughts shalt yield | I |
| To all the flocks that thro' the valley stray | J |
| And to the wearied steers unyok'd at closing day | J |
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| Now dear to Fame sweet Fountain shalt thou flow | K |
| Since to my lyre those breathing shades I sing | L |
| That crown the hollow rock's incumbent brow | M |
| From which thy soft loquacious waters spring | L |
| To vie with streams Aonian be thy pride | N |
| As thro' Blandusia's Vale thy silver currents glide | N |
Anna Seward
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