Mussulman's Dream Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEE FFGGCCHHIIIIIIIIEEEI IIIIIIIII| Where is that World to which the Fancy flies | A |
| When Sleep excludes the Present from our Eyes | A |
| Whose Map no Voyager cou'd e'er design | B |
| Nor to Description its wild Parts confine | B |
| Yet such a Land of Dreams We must allow | C |
| Who nightly trace it tho' we know not how | C |
| Unfetter'd by the Days obtruded Rules | D |
| We All enjoy that Paradise of Fools | D |
| And find a Sorrow in resuming Sense | E |
| Which breaks some free Delight and snatches us from thence | E |
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| Thus in a Dream a Musselman was shown | F |
| A Vizir whom he formerly had known | F |
| When at the Port he bore deputed Sway | G |
| And made the Nations with a Nod obey | G |
| Now all serene and splendid was his Brow | C |
| Whilst ready Waiters to his Orders bow | C |
| His Residence an artful Garden seem'd | H |
| Adorn'd with all that pleasant he esteem'd | H |
| Full of Reward his glorious Lot appear'd | I |
| As with the Sight our Dreamer's Mind was chear'd | I |
| But turning next he saw a dreadful Sight | I |
| Which fill'd his Soul with Wonder and Affright | I |
| Pursu'd by Fiends a wretched Dervis fled | I |
| Through scorching Plains which to wide Distance spread | I |
| Whilst every Torture gloomy Poets paint | I |
| Was there prepar'd for the reputed Saint | I |
| Amaz'd at this the sleeping Turk enquires | E |
| Why He that liv'd above in soft Attires | E |
| Now roll'd in Bliss while t'other roll'd in Fires | E |
| We're taught the Suff'rings of this Future State | I |
| Th' Excess of Courts is likeliest to create | I |
| Whilst solitary Cells o'ergrown with Shade | I |
| The readiest way to Paradise is made | I |
| True quoth the Phantom which he dream'd reply'd | I |
| The lonely Path is still the surest Guide | I |
| Nor is it by these Instances deny'd | I |
| For know my Friend whatever Fame report | I |
| The Vizier to Retirements wou'd resort | I |
| Th' ambitious Dervis wou'd frequent the Court | I |
Anne Kingsmill Finch
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