Odes From Horace. - To Barine. Book The Second, Ode The Eighth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCABDEE FGHFGHII JKAJLAMM NOPNOPQQ RSOTSOUU| BARINE to thy always broken vows | A |
| Were slightest punishment ordain'd | B |
| Hadst thou less charming been | C |
| By one grey hair upon thy polish'd brows | A |
| If but a single tooth were stain'd | B |
| A nail discolour'd seen | D |
| Then might I nurse the hope that faithful grown | E |
| The FUTURE might at length the guilty PAST atone | E |
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| But ah no sooner on that perjur'd head | F |
| With pomp the votive wreaths are bound | G |
| In mockery of truth | H |
| Than lovelier grace thy faithless beauties shed | F |
| Thou com'st with new born conquest crown'd | G |
| The care of all our Youth | H |
| Their public care and murmur'd praises rise | I |
| Where'er the beams are shot of those resistless eyes | I |
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| Thy Mother's buried dust the midnight train | J |
| Of silent stars the rolling spheres | K |
| Each God that list'ning bows | A |
| With thee it prospers false One to profane | J |
| The Nymphs attend gay Venus hears | L |
| And all deride thy vows | A |
| And Cupid whets afresh his burning darts | M |
| On the stone moist with blood that dropt from wounded hearts | M |
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| For thee our rising Youth to Manhood grow | N |
| Ordain'd thy powerful chains to wear | O |
| Nor do thy former Slaves | P |
| From the gay roof of their false Mistress go | N |
| Tho' sworn no more to linger there | O |
| Triumphant BEAUTY braves | P |
| The wise resolve and ere they reach the door | Q |
| Fixes the faltering step to thy magnetic floor | Q |
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| Thee the sage Matron fears intent to warn | R |
| Her Striplings thee the Miser dreads | S |
| And of thy power aware | O |
| Brides from the Fane with anxious sighs return | T |
| Lest the bright nets thy beauty spreads | S |
| Their plighted Lords ensnare | O |
| Ere fades the marriage torch nay even now | U |
| While undispers'd the breath that form'd the nuptial vow | U |
Anna Seward
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