Odes From Horace. - To Nea[=e]ra. Book The Fifth, Epode The Fifteenth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAABBCCDDEE FGHIJJ KKLL AAMMKKNNAA| 'T was night the moon upon her sapphire throne | A |
| High o'er the waning stars serenely shone | A |
| When thou false Nymph determin'd to prophane | A |
| Them and each Power that rules the earth and main | A |
| As thy soft snowy arms about me twin'd | B |
| Close as round oaks the clasping ivies wind | B |
| Swore while the gaunt wolf shall infest the lea | C |
| And red Orion vex the wintry sea | C |
| While gales shall fan Apollo's floating locks | D |
| That shed their golden light o'er hills and rocks | D |
| So long thy breast should burn with purest fires | E |
| With mutual hopes and with unchang'd desires | E |
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| Perjur'd Nea e ra thou shalt one day prove | F |
| The worth the vengeance of my slighted love | G |
| For O if Manhood steels if Honor warms | H |
| Horace shall fly shall scorn thy faithless charms | I |
| Seek some bright Maid whose soul for him shall glow | J |
| Nor art nor pride nor wandering wishes know | J |
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| Then should'st thou languish sigh and weep once more | K |
| And with new vows his injur'd heart implore | K |
| Nor sighs nor vows nor tears shall he regard | L |
| Cold as the snow and as the marble hard | L |
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| And THOU triumphant Youth so gay so vain | A |
| Proud of my fate exulting in my pain | A |
| Tho' on thy hills the plenteous Herd should feed | M |
| And rich Pactolus roll along thy mead | M |
| For thee tho' Science ope the varied store | K |
| And Beauty on thy form its graces pour | K |
| Ere long shalt thou while wrongs like these degrade | N |
| Droop with my woes and with my rage upbraid | N |
| See on a Rival's brow thy garlands worn | A |
| And with her falsehood bear my jocund scorn | A |
Anna Seward
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