To Charles Lloyd: An Unexpected Visitor Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGHI JKLK MNON PQRQ STUV LWXW| Alone obscure without a friend | A |
| A cheerless solitary thing | B |
| Why seeks my Lloyd the stranger out | C |
| What offering can the stranger bring | B |
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| Of social scenes home bred delights | D |
| That him in aught compensate may | E |
| For Stowey's pleasant winter nights | D |
| For loves and friendships far away | E |
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| In brief oblivion to forego | F |
| Friends such as thine so justly dear | G |
| And be awhile with me content | H |
| To stay a kindly loiterer here | I |
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| For this a gleam of random joy | J |
| Hath flush'd my unaccustom'd cheek | K |
| And with an o'er charg'd bursting heart | L |
| I feel the thanks I cannot speak | K |
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| Oh sweet are all the Muses' lays | M |
| And sweet the charm of matin bird | N |
| 'Twas long since these estranged ears | O |
| The sweeter voice of friend had heard | N |
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| The voice hath spoke the pleasant sounds | P |
| In memory's ear in after time | Q |
| Shall live to sometimes rouse a tear | R |
| And sometimes prompt an honest rhyme | Q |
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| For when the transient charm is fled | S |
| And when the little week is o'er | T |
| To cheerless friendless solitude | U |
| When I return as heretofore | V |
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| Long long within my aching heart | L |
| The grateful sense shall cherish'd be | W |
| I'll think less meanly of myself | X |
| That Lloyd will sometimes think on me | W |
Charles Lamb
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