In Praise Of Writing Letters Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDD EEFFGGHHIJKKLEMMNNOO OOPP QQOORSTTUU| Blest be the Man his Memory at least | A |
| Who found the Art thus to unfold his Breast | B |
| And taught succeeding Times an easy way | C |
| Their secret Thoughts by Letters to convey | C |
| To baffle Absence and secure Delight | D |
| Which till that Time was limited to Sight | D |
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| The parting Farewel spoke the last Adieu | E |
| The less'ning Distance past then loss of View | E |
| The Friend was gone which some kind Moments gave | F |
| And Absence separated like the Grave | F |
| The Wings of Love were tender too till then | G |
| No Quill thence pull'd was shap'd into a Pen | G |
| To send in Paper sheets from Town to Town | H |
| Words smooth was they and softer than his Down | H |
| O'er such he reign'd whom Neighborhood had join'd | I |
| And hopt from Bough to Bough supported by the Wind | J |
| When for a Wife the youthful Patriarch sent | K |
| The Camels Jewels and the Steward went | K |
| A wealthy Equipage tho' grave and slow | L |
| But not a Line that might the Lover shew | E |
| The Rings and Bracelets woo'd her Hands and Arms | M |
| But had she known of melting Words the Charms | M |
| That under secret Seals in Ambush lie | N |
| To catch the Soul when drawn into the Eye | N |
| The Fair Assyrian had not took this Guide | O |
| Nor her soft Heart in Chains of Pearl been ty'd | O |
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| Had these Conveyances been then in Date | O |
| Joseph had known his wretched Father's State | O |
| Before a Famine which his Life pursues | P |
| Had sent his other Sons to tell the News | P |
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| Oh might I live to see an Art arise | Q |
| As this to Thoughts indulgent to the Eyes | Q |
| That the dark Pow'rs of distance cou'd subdue | O |
| And make me See as well as Talk to You | O |
| That tedious Miles nor Tracts of Air might prove | R |
| Bars to my Sight and shadows to my Love | S |
| Yet were it granted such unbounded Things | T |
| Are wand'ring Wishes born on Phancy's Wings | T |
| They'd stretch themselves beyond this happy Case | U |
| And ask an Art to help us to Embrace | U |
Anne Kingsmill Finch
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