A Poem For The Birth-day Of The Right Honble The Lady Catharine Tufton Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIJEK LLMMNNOOPPQRSSTTUUCC SSVVSSSSWWJJXXYYGGZZ A2B2C2C2D2D2CCE2E2SS F2F2G2G2| 'Tis fit SERENA shou'd be sung | A |
| High born SERENA Fair and Young | A |
| Shou'd be of ev'ry Muse and Voice | B |
| The pleasing and applauded Choice | B |
| But as the Meanest of the Show | C |
| Do First in all Processions go | C |
| So let my Steps pursue that Swain | D |
| The humblest of th' inspired Train | D |
| Whose well meant Verse did just appear | E |
| To lead on the preceding Year | E |
| So let my Pen the next in Fame | F |
| Now wait on fair SERENA's Name | F |
| The second Tribute gladly pay | G |
| And hail this blest returning Day | G |
| But let it not attempt to raise | H |
| Or rightly speak SERENA's Praise | H |
| Since with more ease we might declare | I |
| How Great her Predecessors were | J |
| How Great that more distinguish'd Peer | E |
| To whom she owes her Being here | K |
| In whom our Britain lets us see | L |
| What once they were and still shou'd be | L |
| As when the earliest Race was drown'd | M |
| Some Patterns from amongst them found | M |
| Were kept to shew succeeding Times | N |
| Their Excellence without their Crimes | N |
| More easily we might express | O |
| What Vertues do her Mother dress | O |
| What does her Form and Mind adorn | P |
| Of whom th' engaging Nymph was born | P |
| What Piety what generous Love | Q |
| Does the enlarged Bosom move | R |
| Of Her whose Fav'rite she appears | S |
| Who more than as a Niece endears | S |
| Such full Perfections obvious lie | T |
| And strike at first a Poet's Eye | T |
| Deep Lines of Honour all can hit | U |
| Or mark out a superior Wit | U |
| Consummate Goodness all can show | C |
| And where such Graces shine below | C |
| But the more tender Strokes to trace | S |
| T' express the Promise of a Face | S |
| When but the Dawnings of the Mind | V |
| We from the Air unripen'd find | V |
| Which alt'ring as new Moments rise | S |
| The Pen or Pencil's Art defies | S |
| When Flesh and Blood in Youth appears | S |
| Polish'd like what our Marble wears | S |
| Fresh as that Shade of op'ning Green | W |
| Which first upon our Groves is seen | W |
| Enliven'd by a harmless Fire | J |
| And brighten'd by each gay Desire | J |
| These nicer Touches wou'd demand | X |
| A Cowley's or a Waller's Hand | X |
| T'explain with undisputed Art | Y |
| What 'tis affects th'enlighten'd Heart | Y |
| When ev'ry darker Thought gives way | G |
| Whilst blooming Beauty we survey | G |
| To shew how All that's soft and sweet | Z |
| Does in the fair SERENA meet | Z |
| To tell us with a sure Presage | A2 |
| The Charms of her maturer Age | B2 |
| When Hothfeild shall as heretofore | C2 |
| From its far sought and virtuous Store | C2 |
| It Families of great Renown | D2 |
| Did with illustrious Hymens crown | D2 |
| When Hothfeild shall such Treasure know | C |
| As fair SERENA to bestow | C |
| Then shou'd some Muse of loftier Wing | E2 |
| The Triumphs of that Season sing | E2 |
| Describe the Pains the Hopes the Fears | S |
| Of noble Youths th'ambitious Cares | S |
| Of Fathers the long fram'd Design | F2 |
| To add such Splendour to their Line | F2 |
| Whilst all shall strive for such a Bride | G2 |
| So Educated and Ally'd | G2 |
Anne Kingsmill Finch
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