Odes From Horace. - To Melpomene. Book The Fourth, Ode The Third Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDFGG HIJIKK LMLMNN BOBPDD| Not he O MUSE whom thy auspicious eyes | A |
| In his primeval hour beheld | B |
| Shall victor in the Isthmian Contest rise | A |
| Nor o'er the long resounding field | B |
| Impetuous steeds his kindling wheels shall roll | C |
| Gay in th' Olympic Race and foremost at the goal | C |
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| Nor in the Capitol triumphant shown | D |
| The victor laurel on his brow | E |
| For Cities storm'd and vaunting Kings o'erthrown | D |
| But Tibur's streams that warbling flow | F |
| And groves of fragrant gloom resound his strains | G |
| Whose sweet olian grace high celebration gains | G |
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| Now that his name her noblest Bards among | H |
| Th' imperial City loudly hails | I |
| That proud distinction guards his rising song | J |
| When Envy's carping tongue assails | I |
| In sullen silence now she hears his praise | K |
| Nor sheds her canker'd spots upon his springing bays | K |
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| O MUSE who rulest each melodious lay | L |
| That floats along the gilded shell | M |
| Who the mute tenant of the watry way | L |
| Canst teach at pleasure to excel | M |
| The softest note harmonious Sorrow brings | N |
| When the expiring Swan her own sad requiem sings | N |
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| Thine be the praise that pointing Romans guide | B |
| The Stranger's eye with proud desire | O |
| That well he note the Man whom Crowds decide | B |
| Should boldly string the Latian lyre | P |
| Ah when I charm if still to charm be mine | D |
| Nymph of the warbling shell be all the glory THINE | D |
Anna Seward
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