To Mr. F. Now Earl Of W Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDC EEFGGF HHICCI CCJKKJ LLMNNO PPQRRQ SSETTE PUCVWC XYZZZZ A2A2B2C2C2B2 CCD2LLD2 E2F2G2ZZG2 ZZH2I2I2H2 H2H2H2H2H2H2 CCJ2K2WL2 ZZM2ZZM2| No sooner FLAVIO was you gone | A |
| But your Injunction thought upon | B |
| ARDELIA took the Pen | C |
| Designing to perform the Task | D |
| Her FLAVIO did so kindly ask | D |
| Ere he returned agen | C |
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| Unto Parnassus strait she sent | E |
| And bid the Messenger that went | E |
| Unto the Muses Court | F |
| Assure them she their Aid did need | G |
| And begg'd they'd use their utmost Speed | G |
| Because the Time was short | F |
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| The hasty Summons was allow'd | H |
| And being well bred they rose and bow'd | H |
| And said they'd poste away | I |
| That well they did ARDELIA know | C |
| And that no Female's Voice below | C |
| They sooner wou'd obey | I |
| - | |
| That many of that rhiming Train | C |
| On like Occasions sought in vain | C |
| Their Industry t'excite | J |
| But for ARDELIA all they'd leave | K |
| Thus flatt'ring can the Muse deceive | K |
| And wheedle us to write | J |
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| Yet since there was such haste requir'd | L |
| To know the Subject 'twas desir'd | L |
| On which they must infuse | M |
| That they might temper Words and Rules | N |
| And with their Counsel carry Tools | N |
| As Country Doctors use | O |
| - | |
| Wherefore to cut off all Delays | P |
| 'Twas soon reply'd a Husband's Praise | P |
| Tho' in these looser Times | Q |
| ARDELIA gladly wou'd rehearse | R |
| A Husband's who indulg'd her Verse | R |
| And now requir'd her Rimes | Q |
| - | |
| A Husband eccho'd all around | S |
| And to Parnassus sure that Sound | S |
| Had never yet been sent | E |
| Amazement in each Face was read | T |
| In haste th'affrighted Sisters fled | T |
| And unto Council went | E |
| - | |
| Erato cry'd since Grizel's Days | P |
| Since Troy Town pleas'd and Chivey chace | U |
| No such Design was known | C |
| And 'twas their Bus'ness to take care | V |
| It reach'd not to the publick Ear | W |
| Or got about the Town | C |
| - | |
| Nor came where Evening Beaux were met | X |
| O'er Billet doux and Chocolate | Y |
| Lest it destroy'd the House | Z |
| For in that Place who cou'd dispence | Z |
| That wore his Cloaths with common Sense | Z |
| With mention of a Spouse | Z |
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| 'Twas put unto the Vote at last | A2 |
| And in the Negative it past | A2 |
| None to her Aid shou'd move | B2 |
| Yet since ARDELIA was a Friend | C2 |
| Excuses 'twas agreed to send | C2 |
| Which plausible might prove | B2 |
| - | |
| That Pegasus of late had been | C |
| So often rid thro' thick and thin | C |
| With neither Fear nor Wit | D2 |
| In Panegyrick been so spurr'd | L |
| He cou'd not from the Stall be stirr'd | L |
| Nor wou'd endure the Bit | D2 |
| - | |
| Melpomene had given a Bond | E2 |
| By the new House alone to stand | F2 |
| And write of War and Strife | G2 |
| Thalia she had taken Fees | Z |
| And Stipends from the Patentees | Z |
| And durst not for her Life | G2 |
| - | |
| Urania only lik'd the Choice | Z |
| Yet not to thwart the publick Voice | Z |
| She whisp'ring did impart | H2 |
| They need no Foreign Aid invoke | I2 |
| No help to draw a moving Stroke | I2 |
| Who dictate from the Heart | H2 |
| - | |
| Enough the pleas'd ARDELIA cry'd | H2 |
| And slighting ev'ry Muse beside | H2 |
| Consulting now her Breast | H2 |
| Perceiv'd that ev'ry tender Thought | H2 |
| Which from abroad she'd vainly sought | H2 |
| Did there in Silence rest | H2 |
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| And shou'd unmov'd that Post maintain | C |
| Till in his quick Return again | C |
| Met in some neighb'ring Grove | J2 |
| Where Vice nor Vanity appear | K2 |
| Her FLAVIO them alone might hear | W |
| In all the Sounds of Love | L2 |
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| For since the World do's so despise | Z |
| Hymen's Endearments and its Ties | Z |
| They shou'd mysterious be | M2 |
| Till We that Pleasure too possess | Z |
| Which makes their fancy'd Happiness | Z |
| Of stollen Secrecy | M2 |
Anne Kingsmill Finch
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