An Epistle From A Gentleman To Madam Deshouliers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFGF HIHIJJKKLLMBBMBBBBBB NOPQ RRSSTUTUUU| URANIA whom the Town admires | A |
| Whose Wit and Beauty share our Praise | B |
| This fair URANIA who inspires | A |
| A thousand Joys a thousand ways | B |
| She who cou'd with a Glance convey | C |
| Favours that had my Hopes outdone | D |
| Has lent me Money on that Day | C |
| Which our Acquaintance first begun | D |
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| Nor with the Happiness I taste | E |
| Let any jealous Doubts contend | F |
| Her Friendship is secure to last | G |
| Beginning where all others end | F |
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| And thou known Cheat upheld by Law | H |
| Thou Disappointer of the craving Mind | I |
| BASSETTE who thy Original dost draw | H |
| From Venice by uncertain Seas confin'd | I |
| Author of Murmurs and of Care | J |
| Of pleasing Hopes concluding in Despair | J |
| To thee my strange Felicity I owe | K |
| From thy Oppression did this Succour flow | K |
| Less had I gained had'st thou propitious been | L |
| Who better by my Loss hast taught me how to Win | L |
| Yet tell me my transported Brain | M |
| whose Pride this Benefit awakes | B |
| Know'st thou what on this Chance depends | B |
| And are we not exalted thus in vain | M |
| Whilst we observe the Money which she lends | B |
| But not alas the Heart she takes | B |
| The fond Engagements and the Ties | B |
| Her fatal Bounty does impose | B |
| Who makes Reprisals with her Eyes | B |
| For what her gen'rous Hand bestows | B |
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| And tho' I quickly can return | N |
| Those useful Pieces which she gave | O |
| Can I again or wou'd I have | P |
| That which her Charms have from me borne | Q |
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| Yet let us quit th' obliging Score | R |
| And whilst we borrow'd Gold restore | R |
| Whilst readily we own the Debt | S |
| And Gratitude before her set | S |
| In its approved and fairest Light | T |
| Let her effectually be taught | U |
| By that instructive harmless Slight | T |
| That also in her turn she ought | U |
| Repaying ev'ry tender Thought | U |
| Kindness with Kindness to requite | U |
Anne Kingsmill Finch
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