Fanscomb Barn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFFGCFGGHGIFJFKF FFLMFNOPQFRSTGUVFWGX FGYZFA2FFB2FUFC2D2FE 2FF2FG2H2I2J2FGFK2L2 FIM2L2FN2FN2N2O2P2N2 GN2Q2N2N2N2GN2R2 FFZFGN2FN2N2GS2FT2GZ FU2HV2N2N2FW2X2 N2FY2FFFFN2FN2| In Fanscomb Barn who knows not Fanscomb Barn | A |
| Seated between the sides of rising Hills | B |
| Whose airy Tops o'erlook the Gallick Seas | C |
| Whilst gentle Stower thy Waters near them flow | D |
| To beautify the Seats that crown thy Banks | E |
| In this Retreat | F |
| Through Ages pass'd consign'd for Harbour meet | F |
| And Place of sweet Repose to Wand'rers poor | G |
| The weary Strolepedon felt that Ease | C |
| Which many a dangerous Borough had deny'd | F |
| To him and his Budgeta lov'd Compeer | G |
| Nor Food was wanting to the happy Pair | G |
| Who with meek Aspect and precarious Tone | H |
| Well suited to their Hunger and Degree | G |
| Had mov'd the Hearts of hospitable Dames | I |
| To furnish such Repast as Nature crav'd | F |
| Whilst more to please the swarthy Bowl appears | J |
| Replete with Liquor globulous to fight | F |
| And threat'ning Inundation o'er the Brim | K |
| Yet ere it to the longing Lips was rais'd | F |
| Of him who held it at its due Desert | F |
| And more than all entreated Bounty priz'd | F |
| Into the strong Profundity he throws | L |
| The floating Healths of Females blith and young | M |
| Who there had rendezvouz'd in past Delight | F |
| And to stol'n Plenty added clamorous Mirth | N |
| With Song and Dance and every jovial Prank | O |
| Befitting buxom Crew untied by Forms | P |
| Whilst kind Budgeta nam'd such sturdy Youths | Q |
| As next into her tender Thoughts revolv'd | F |
| And now were straggling East and West and South | R |
| Hoof beating and at large as Chance directs | S |
| Still shifting Paths lest Men tho' stil'd of Peace | T |
| Should urge their calmer Thoughts to Iron War | G |
| Or force them to promote coercive Laws | U |
| Beating that Hemp which oft entraps their Lives | V |
| Or into Cordage pleated and amass'd | F |
| Deprives unruly Flesh of tempting Skin | W |
| Thus kind Remembrance brought the Absent near | G |
| And hasten'd the Return of either's Pledge | X |
| Brown were the Toasts but not unsav'ry found | F |
| To Fancies clear'd by Exercise and Air | G |
| Which the spirituous Nectar still improves | Y |
| And gliding now thro' every cherish'd Vein | Z |
| New Warmth diffus'd new Cogitations bred | F |
| With Self conceit of Person and of Parts | A2 |
| When Strolepedon late distorted Wight | F |
| Limb wanting to the View and all mis shap'd | F |
| Permits a pinion'd Arm to fill the Sleeve | B2 |
| Erst pendant void and waving with the Wind | F |
| The Timber Leg obsequiously withdraws | U |
| And gives to that of Bone Precedence due | F |
| Thus undisguis'd that Form again he wears | C2 |
| Which Damsel fond had drawn from houshold Toils | D2 |
| And strict Behests of Parents old and scorn'd | F |
| Whilst farther yet his Intellects confess | E2 |
| The bouzy Spell dilated and inhans'd | F |
| Ripe for Description and sett Turns of Speech | F2 |
| Which to Conjugal Spouse were thus addrest | F |
| My Wife acknowledg'd such thro' maunding Tribes | G2 |
| As long as mutual Love the only Law | H2 |
| Of Hedge or Barn can bind our easy Faiths | I2 |
| Be thou observant of thy Husband's Voice | J2 |
| Sole Auditor of Flights and Figures bold | F |
| Know that the Valley which we hence descry | G |
| Richly adorn'd is Fanscomb Bottom call'd | F |
| But whether from these Walls it takes the Name | K2 |
| Or they from that let Antiquaries tell | L2 |
| And Men well read in Stories obsolete | F |
| Whilst such Denomination either claims | I |
| As speaks Affinity contiguous | M2 |
| Thence let thy scatter'd Sight and oft griev'd Smell | L2 |
| Engulf the Sweets and Colours free dispos'd | F |
| To Flowers promiscuous and redundant Plants | N2 |
| And if the drouzy Vapour will admit | F |
| Which from the Bowl soon triumphs o'er thy Lidds | N2 |
| And Thee the weaker Vessel still denotes | N2 |
| With Looks erect observe the verdant Slope | O2 |
| Of graceful Hills fertile in Bush and Brake | P2 |
| Whose Height attain'd th' expatiated Downs | N2 |
| Shall wider Scenes display of rural Glee | G |
| Where banner'd Lords and fair escutcheon'd Knights | N2 |
| With gentle Squires and the Staff griping Clown | Q2 |
| Pursue the trembling Prey impetuous | N2 |
| Which yet escaping when the Night returns | N2 |
| And downy Beds enfold their careless Limbs | N2 |
| More wakeful Trundle Knapsack bearing Cur | G |
| Follows the Scent untrac'd by nobler Hounds | N2 |
| And brings to us the Fruit of all their Toil | R2 |
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| Thus sung the Bard whom potent Liquor rais'd | F |
| Nor so contented wish'd sublimer Aid | F |
| Ye Wits he cry'd ye Poets Loiterers vain | Z |
| Who like to us in Idleness and Want | F |
| Consume fantastick Hours hither repair | G |
| And tell to list'ning Mendicants the Cause | N2 |
| Of Wonders here observ'd but not discuss'd | F |
| Where the White Sparrow never soil'd her Plumes | N2 |
| Nor the dull Russet cloaths the Snowy Mouse | N2 |
| To Helicon you might the Spring compare | G |
| That flows near Pickersdane renowned Stream | S2 |
| Which for Disport and Play the Youths frequent | F |
| Who train'd in Learned School of ancient Wye | T2 |
| First at this Fount suck in the Muses Lore | G |
| When mixt with Product of the Indian Cane | Z |
| They drink delicious Draughts and part inspir'd | F |
| Fit for the Banks of Isis or of Cham | U2 |
| For Cham and Isis to the Bard were known | H |
| A Servitor when young in College Hall | V2 |
| Tho' vagrant Liberty he early chose | N2 |
| Who yet when Drunk retain'd Poetick Phrase | N2 |
| Nor shou'd quoth he that Well o'erhung with shade | F |
| Amidst those neighb'ring Trees of dateless growth | W2 |
| Be left unfathom'd by your nicer Skill | X2 |
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| Who thence cou'd extricate a thousand Charms | N2 |
| Or to oblivious Lethe might convert | F |
| The stagnant Waters of the sleepy Pool | Y2 |
| But most unhappy was that Morphean Sound | F |
| For lull'd Budgeta who had long desir'd | F |
| Dismission fair from Tales not throughly scann'd | F |
| Thinking her Love a Sympathy confest | F |
| When the Word Sleepy parted from his Lips | N2 |
| Sunk affable and easy to that Rest | F |
| Which Straw affords to Minds unvex'd with Cares | N2 |
Anne Kingsmill Finch
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