The Lyon And The Gnat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCB DEDDD DDDDD DFDDF GHGGH IJKIJ DLDDL MNMMN OPOOP QRQSR TTT| To the still Covert of a Wood | A |
| About the prime of Day | B |
| A Lyon satiated with Food | C |
| With stately Pace and sullen Mood | C |
| Now took his lazy way | B |
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| To Rest he there himself compos'd | D |
| And in his Mind revolv'd | E |
| How Great a Person it enclos'd | D |
| How free from Danger he repos'd | D |
| Though now in Ease dissolv'd | D |
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| Who Guard nor Centinel did need | D |
| Despising as a Jest | D |
| All whom the Forest else did feed | D |
| As Creatures of an abject Breed | D |
| Who durst not him molest | D |
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| But in the Air a Sound he heard | D |
| That gave him some dislike | F |
| At which he shook his grisly Beard | D |
| Enough to make the Woods affeard | D |
| And stretch'd his Paw to strike | F |
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| When on his lifted Nose there fell | G |
| A Creature slight of Wing | H |
| Who neither fear'd his Grin nor Yell | G |
| Nor Strength that in his Jaws did dwell | G |
| But gores him with her Sting | H |
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| Transported with th' Affront and Pain | I |
| He terribly exclaims | J |
| Protesting if it comes again | K |
| Its guilty Blood the Grass shall stain | I |
| And to surprize it aims | J |
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| The scoffing Gnat now laugh'd aloud | D |
| And bids him upwards view | L |
| The Jupiter within the Cloud | D |
| That humbl'd him who was so proud | D |
| And this sharp Thunder threw | L |
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| That Taunt no Lyon's Heart cou'd bear | M |
| And now much more he raves | N |
| Whilst this new Perseus in the Air | M |
| Do's War and Strife again declare | M |
| And all his Terrour braves | N |
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| Upon his haughty Neck she rides | O |
| Then on his lashing Tail | P |
| Which need not now provoke his Sides | O |
| Where she her slender Weapon guides | O |
| And makes all Patience fail | P |
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| A Truce at length he must propose | Q |
| The Terms to be her Own | R |
| Who likewise Rest and Quiet chose | Q |
| Contented now her Life to close | S |
| When she'd such Triumph known | R |
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| You mighty Men who meaner ones despise | T |
| Learn from this Fable to become more Wise | T |
| You see the Lyon may be vext with Flies | T |
Anne Kingsmill Finch
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