Odes From Horace. - To Lydia. Book The First, Ode The Eighth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAB CDCCD EFEEF GHGIH JKJJK ILMIL GNGGN| O Lydia I conjure thee tell | A |
| Why with persisting zeal thou dost employ | B |
| The strongest power of amorous spell | A |
| On Sybaris belov'd too well | A |
| Wounding his fame amid voluptuous joy | B |
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| Why shuns he now the noon tide glare | C |
| Inur'd to whirling dust and scorching heat | D |
| Ceases the Warrior vest to wear | C |
| In which he us'd with graceful air | C |
| Aspiring Youths all emulous to meet | D |
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| Why is it now no more his pride | E |
| To rein the ardent horse with agile arm | F |
| With new strung sinews to divide | E |
| The yellow Tyber's angry tide | E |
| When the tempestuous showers its rage alarm | F |
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| Why hates he as the viper's gore | G |
| The Wrestler's oil that supples every vein | H |
| Why do we see his arms no more | G |
| With livid bruises spotted o'er | I |
| Of manly sports the honorable stain | H |
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| 'T was his to whirl with matchless skill | J |
| The glancing quoit the certain javelin throw | K |
| While Crowds with acclamations shrill | J |
| The lofty Circus joy'd to fill | J |
| And all the honors of the Day bestow | K |
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| Such fond seclusion why desire | I |
| Thus Thetis' care her blooming Son conceal'd | L |
| Ere yet commenc'd that Contest dire | M |
| When mournful gleam'd the funeral pyre | I |
| Thro' ten long years on Ilium's purpled field | L |
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| In vain the female vest he wore | G |
| That Love maternal might avert his fate | N |
| Lest his spear drink the Lycian gore | G |
| Lest sinking Troy his force deplore | G |
| And DEATH with GLORY meet him at her gate | N |
Anna Seward
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