Odes From Horace. - To Apollo. Book The First, Ode The Thirty-first Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDD EFEFGGHH IICCJJ KLKLMMNN OOCCPP| What asks the POET when he pours | A |
| His first libation in the Delphic Bowers | B |
| Duteous before the altar standing | C |
| With lively hope his soul expanding | C |
| O what demands he when the crimson wine | D |
| Flows sparkling from the vase and laves the golden shrine | D |
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| Not the rich and swelling grain | E |
| That yellows o'er Sardinia's isle | F |
| Nor snowy herds slow winding thro' the plain | E |
| When warm Calabria's rosy mornings smile | F |
| Nor gold nor gems that India yields | G |
| Nor yet those fair and fertile fields | G |
| Which thro' their flow'ry banks as calm he glides | H |
| The silent Liris' azure stream divides | H |
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| Let those for whom kind fortune still | I |
| Leads lavish tendrils o'er the sloping hill | I |
| Let such with care their vineyard dressing | C |
| Their bursting grapes assiduous pressing | C |
| Gather self gratulant the costly store | J |
| And of the future year propitious suns implore | J |
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| May luscious wines in cups of gold | K |
| Oft for the wealthy Merchant flow | L |
| Nor let cold Thrift those plenteous draughts withhold | K |
| That prosperous Commerce shall again bestow | L |
| The flowing bowl he safely drains | M |
| Since every favouring God ordains | M |
| That more than once within the circling year | N |
| His prow shall o'er the smooth Atlantic steer | N |
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| Me let tawny olives feed | O |
| Me lenient mallows from the simple mead | O |
| Son of Latona grant the blessing | C |
| That a cloudless mind possessing | C |
| And not infirm of frame in soft decay | P |
| Cheer'd by the breathing lyre my life may pass away | P |
Anna Seward
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