Lycidas. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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Yet once more O ye laurels and once more	A
Ye myrtles brown with ivy never sere	B
I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude	C
And with forced fingers rude	C
Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year	B
Bitter constraint and sad occasion dear	B
Compels me to disturb your season due	D
For Lycidas is dead dead ere his prime	E
Young Lycidas and hath not left his peer	B
Who would not sing for Lycidas He knew	D
Himself to sing and build the lofty rhyme	E
He must not float upon his watery bier	F
Unwept and welter to the parching wind	G
Without the meed of some melodious tear	H
Begin then sisters of the sacred well	I
That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring	J
Begin and somewhat loudly sweep the string	J
Hence with denial vain and coy excuse	K
So may some gentle muse	L
With lucky words favour my destined urn	M
And as he passes turn	M
And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud	N
For we were nursed upon the self same hill	O
Fed the same flock by fountain shade and rill	O
Together both ere the high lawns appeared	P
Under the opening eyelids of the morn	Q
We drove afield and both together heard	R
What time the gray fly winds her sultry horn	Q
Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night	S
Oft till the star that rose at evening bright	S
Toward Heaven's descent had sloped his westering wheel	T
Meanwhile the rural ditties were not mute	U
Tempered to the oaten flute	U
Rough satyrs danced and fauns with cloven heel	T
From the glad sound would not be absent long	V
And old Damaetas loved to hear our song	V
But oh the heavy change now thou art gone	W
Now thou art gone and never must return	M
Thee shepherd thee the woods and desert caves	X
With wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown	M
And all their echoes mourn	M
The willows and the hazel copses green	M
Shall now no more be seen	M
Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft lays	Y
As killing as the canker to the rose	Z
Or taint worm to the weanling herds that graze	Y
Or frost to flowers that their gay wardrobe wear	H
When first the white thorn blows	Z
Such Lycidas thy loss to shepherd's ear	F
Where were ye nymphs when the remorseless deep	A2
Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas	Z
For neither were ye playing on the steep	A2
Where your old bards the famous Druids lie	B2
Nor on the shaggy top of Mona high	B2
Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream	C2
Ay me I fondly dream	C2
Had ye been there for what could that have done	M
What could the muse herself that Orpheus bore	A
The muse herself for her enchanting son	M
Whom universal nature did lament	D2
When by the rout that made the hideous roar	A
His gory visage down the stream was sent	D2
Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore	A
Alas what boots it with incessant care	H
To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade	E2
And strictly meditate the thankless muse	Z
Were it not better done as others use	Z
To sport with Amaryllis in the shade	E2
Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair	H
Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise	Z
That last infirmity of noble mind	G
To scorn delights and live laborious days	Z
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find	G
And think to burst out into sudden blaze	Z
Comes the blind fury with the abhorred shears	Z
And slits the thin spun life But not the praise	Z
Phoebus replied and touched my trembling ears	Z
Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil	F2
Nor in the glistering foil	F2
Set off to the world nor in broad rumour lies	Z
But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes	Z
And perfect witness of all judging Jove	B2
As he pronounces lastly on each deed	G2
Of so much fame in Heaven expect thy meed	G2
O fountain Arethuse and thou honoured flood	G2
Smooth sliding Mincius crowned with vocal reeds	Z
That strain I heard was of a higher mood	G2
But now my oat proceeds	Z
And listens to the herald of the sea	Z
That came in Neptune's plea	Z
He asked the waves and asked the felon winds	Z
What hard mishap had doomed this gentle swain	M
And questioned every gust of rugged wings	Z
That blows from off each beaked promontory	H
They knew not of his story	H
And sage Hippotades their answer brings	Z
That not a blast was from his dungeon strayed	G2
The air was calm and on the level brine	M
Sleek Panope with all her sisters played	G2
It was that fatal and perfidious bark	H2
Built in the eclipse and rigged with curses dark	H2
That sunk so low that sacred head of thine	M
Next Camus reverend sire went footing slow	I2
His mantle hairy and his bonnet sedge	J2
Inwrought with figures dim and on the edge	J2
Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe	I2
Ah who hath reft quoth he my dearest pledge	J2
Last came and last did go	I2
The pilot of the Galilean lake	K2
Two massy keys he bore of metals twain	M
The golden opes the iron shuts amain	M
He shook his mitred locks and stern bespake	K2
How well could I have spared for thee young swain	M
Enow of such as for their bellies' sake	K2
Creep and intrude and climb into the fold	G2
Of other care they little reckoning make	K2
Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast	G2
And shove away the worthy bidden guest	G2
Blind mouths that scarce themselves know how to hold	G2
A sheep hook or have learned aught else the least	G2
That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs	Z
What reeks it them What need they They are sped	G2
And when they list their lean and flashy songs	Z
Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw	H
The hungry sheep look up and are not fed	G2
But swollen with wind and the rank mist they draw	H
Rot inwardly and foul contagion spread	G2
Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw	H
Daily devours apace and nothing said	G2
But that two handed engine at the door	H
Stands ready to smite once and smite no more	H
Return Alpheus the dread voice is past	G2
That shrunk thy streams return Sicilian muse	Z
And call the vales and bid them hither cast	G2
Their bells and flowerets of a thousand hues	Z
Ye valleys low where the mild whispers use	Z
Of shades and wanton winds and gushing brooks	Z
On whose fresh lap the swart star sparely looks	Z
Throw hither all your quaint enamelled eyes	Z
That on the green turf suck the honeyed showers	Z
And purple all the ground with vernal flowers	Z
Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies	Z
The tufted crow toe and pale jessamine	M
The white pink and the pansy freaked with jet	G2
The glowing violet	G2
The musk rose and the well attired woodbine	M
With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head	G2
And every flower that sad embroidery wears	Z
Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed	G2
And daffodillies fill their cups with tears	Z
To strow the laureate hearse where Lycid lies	Z
For so to interpose a little ease	Z
Let our frail thoughts dally with false surmise	Z
Ay me whilst thee the shores and sounding seas	Z
Wash far away where ere thy bones are hurled	G2
Whether beyond the stormy Hebrides	Z
Where thou perhaps under the whelming tide	G2
Visit'st the bottom of the monstrous world	G2
Or whether thou to our moist vows denied	G2
Sleep'st by the fable of Bellerus old	G2
Where the great vision of the guarded mount	G2
Looks toward Namancos and Bayona's hold	G2
Look homeward angel now and melt with ruth	L2
And O ye dolphins waft the hapless youth	L2
Weep no more woeful shepherds weep no more	H
For Lycidas your sorrow is not dead	G2
Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor	H
So sinks the day star in the ocean bed	G2
And yet anon repairs his drooping head	G2
And tricks his beams and with new spangled ore	H
Flames in the forehead of the morning sky	K2
So Lycidas sunk low but mounted high	K2
Through the dear might of him that walked the waves	Z
Where other groves and other streams along	K2
With nectar pure his oozy locks he laves	Z
And hears the unexpressive nuptial song	K2
In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love	B2
There entertain him all the saints above	B2
In solemn troops and sweet societies	Z
That sing and singing in their glory move	B2
And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes	Z
Now Lycidas the shepherds weep no more	H
Henceforth thou art the genius of the shore	H
In thy large recompense and shalt be good	G2
To all that wander in that perilous flood	G2
Thus sang the uncouth swain to the oaks and rills	Z
While the still morn went out with sandals gray	H
He touched the tender stops of various quills	Z
With eager thought warbling his Doric lay	H
And now the sun had stretched out all the hills	Z
And now was dropped into the western bay	H
At last he rose and twitched his mantle blue	D
Tomorrow to fresh woods and pastures new	D
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LYCIDAS	Z
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En iterum laurus iterum salvete myricae	K2
Pallentes nullique hederae quae ceditis aevo	B2
Has venio baccas quanquam sapor asper acerbis	Z
Decerptum quassumque manu folia ipsa proterva	B2
Maturescentem praevortens improbus annum	M2
Causa gravis pia cansa subest et amara deum lex	Z
Nec jam sponte mea vobis rata tempora turbo	I2
Nam periit Lycidas periit superante juventa	G2
Imberbis Lycidas quo non praestantior alter	H
Quis cantare super Lycida neget Ipse quoque artem	M2
Norat Apollineam versumque imponere versu	Z
Non nullo vitreum fas innatet ille feretrum	M2
Flente voluteturque arentes corpus ad auras	Z
Indotatum adeo et lacrymae vocalis egenum	M2
Quare agite o sacri fontis queis cura sorores	Z
Cui sub inaccessi sella Jovis exit origo	K2
Incipite et sonitu graviore impellite chordas	Z
Lingua procul male prompta loqui suasorque morarum	M2
Sit pudor alloquiis ut mollior una secundis	Z
Pieridum faveat cui mox ego destiner urnae	D
Et gressus praetergrediens convertat et Esto	G2
Dicat amoena quies atra tibi veste latenti	G2
Uno namque jugo duo nutribamur eosdem	M2
Pavit uterque greges ad fontem et rivulum et umbram	M2
Tempore nos illo nemorum convexa priusquam	M2
Aurora reserante oculos caepere videri	H
Urgebamus equos ad pascua novimus horam	M2
Aridus audiri solitus qua clangor asili	D
Rore recentes greges passi pinguescere noctis	Z
Saepius albuerat donec quod vespere sidus	Z
Hesperios axes prono inclinasset Olympo	H
At pastorales non cessavere camoenae	D
Fistula disparibus quas temperat apta cicutis	Z
Saltabant Satyri informes nec murmure laeto	G2
Capripedes potuere diu se avertere Fauni	D
Damaetasque modos nostros longaevus amabat	G2
Jamque relicta tibi quantum mutata videntur	H
Rura relicta tibi cui non spes ulla regressus	Z
Te sylvae teque antra puer deserta ferarum	M2
Incultis obducta thymis ac vite sequaci	Z
Decessisse gemunt gemitusque reverberat Echo	I2
Non salices non glauca ergo coryleta videbo	I2
Molles ad numeros laetum motare cacumen	D
Quale rosis scabies quam formidabile vermis	Z
Depulso jam lacte gregi dum tondet agellos	Z
Sive quod indutis verna jam veste pruinae	D
Floribus albet ubi primum paliurus in agris	Z
Tale fuit nostris Lycidam periisse bubulcis	Z
Qua Nymphae latuistis ubi crudele profundum	M2
Delicias Lycidam vestras sub vortice torsit	G2
Nam neque vos scopulis tum ludebatis in illis	Z
Quos veteres Druidae Vates illustria servant	G2
Nomina nec celsae setoso in culmine Monae	D
Nec quos Deva locos magicis amplectitur undis	Z
Vae mihi delusos exercent somnia sensus	Z
Venissetis enim numquid venisse juvaret	G2
Numquid Pieris ipsa parens interfuit Orphei	B2
Pieris ipsa suae sobolis qui carmine rexit	G2
Corda virum quem terra olim quam magna dolebat	G2
Tempore quo dirum auditu strepitante caterva	B2
Ora secundo amni missa ac foedata cruore	H
Lesbia praecipitans ad litora detulit Hebrus	Z
Eheu quid prodest noctes instare diesque	K2
Pastorum curas spretas humilesque tuendo	G2
Nilque relaturam meditari rite Camoenam	M2
Nonne fuit satius lusus agitare sub umbra	H
Ut mos est aliis Amaryllida sive Neaeram	M2
Sectanti ac tortis digitum impediisse capillis	Z
Scilcet ingenuum cor Fama novissimus error	H
Illa animi majoris uti calcaribus urget	G2
Spernere delicias ac dedi rebus agendis	Z
Quanquam exoptatam jam spes attingere dotem	M2
Jam nec opinata remur splendescere flamma	M2
Caeca sed invisa cum forfice venit Erinnys	Z
Quae resecet tenui haerentem subtemine vitam	M2
At Famam non illa refert tangitque trementes	Z
Phoebus Apollo aures Fama haud vulgaris ad instar	H
Floris amat terrestre solum fictosque nitores	Z
Queis inhiat populus nec cum Rumore patescit	G2
Vivere dant illi dant increbrescere late	G2
Puri oculi ac vox summa Jovis cui sola Potestas	Z
Fecerit ille semel de facto quoque virorum	M2
Arbitrium tantum famae manet aethera nactis	Z
Fons Arethusa sacro placidus qui laberis alveo	B2
Frontem vocali praetextus arundine Minci	Z
Sensi equidem gravius carmen Nunc cetera pastor	H
Exsequor Adstat enim missus pro rege marino	D
Seque rogasse refert fluctus ventosque rapaces	Z
Quae sors dura nimis tenerum rapuisset agrestem	M2
Compellasse refert alarum quicquid ab omni	D
Spirat acerba sonans scopulo qui cuspidis instar	H
Prominet in pelagus fama haud pervenerat illuc	K2
Haec ultro pater Hippotades responsa ferebat	G2
Nulli sunt nostro palati carcere venti	G2
Straverat aequor aquas et sub Jove compta sereno	D
Lusum exercebat Panope nymphaeque sorores	Z
Quam Furiae struxere per interlunia leto	D
Fetam ac fraude ratem malos velarat Erinnys	Z
Credas in mala tanta caput mersisse sacratum	M2
Proximus huic tardum senior se Camus agebat	D
Cui setosa chlamys cui pileus ulva figuris	Z
Idem intertextus dubiis erat utque cruentos	Z
Quos perhibent flores inscriptus margine luctum	M2
Nam quis ait praedulce meum me pignus ademit	D
Post hos qui Galilaea regit per stagna carinas	Z
Post hos venit iturus habet manus utraque clavim	M2
Queis aperit clauditque auro ferrove gravatam	M2
Mitra tegit crines quassis quibus acriter infit	D
Scilicet optassem pro te dare corpora leto	D
Sat multa o juvenis quot serpunt ventribus acti	D
Vi quot iter faciunt spretis in ovilia muris	Z
Hic labor hoc opus est pecus ut tondente magistro	D
Praeripiant epulas trudatur dignior hospes	Z
Capti oculis non ore pedum tractare nec ipsi	Z
Norunt quotve bonis sunt upilionibus artes	Z
Sed quid enim refert quove eat opus omnia nactis	Z
Fert ubi mens tenue ac deductum carmen avenam	M2
Radit stridentem stipulis Pastore negato	D
Suspicit aegra pecus vento gravis ac lue tracta	D
Tabescit mox foeda capit contagia vulgus	Z
Quid dicam stabulis ut clandestinus oberrans	Z
Expleat ingluviem tristis lupus indice nullo	D
Illa tamen bimanus custodit machina portam	M2
Stricta paratque malis plagam non amplius unam	M2
En Alphee redi Quibus ima cohorruit unda	D
Voces praeteriere redux quoque Sicelis omnes	Z
Musa voca valles huc pendentes hyacinthos	Z
Fac jaciant teneros huc flores mille colorum	M2
O nemorum depressa sonant ubi crebra susurri	D
Umbrarum et salientis aquae Zephyrique protervi	B2
Queisque virens gremium penetrare Canicula parcit	D
Picturata modis jacite huc mihi lumina miris	Z
Mellitos imbres queis per viridantia rura	D
Mos haurire novo quo tellus vere rubescat	D
Huc ranunculus ipse arbos pallorque ligustri	D
Quaeque relicta perit vixdum matura feratur	D
Pnimula quique ebeno distinctus caetera flavet	D
Flos et qui specie nomen detrectat eburna	D
Ardenti violae rosa proxima fundat odores	Z
Serpyllumque placens et acerbo flexile vultu	D
Verbascum ac tristem si quid sibi legit amictum	M2
Quicquid habes pulcri fundas amarante coronent	D
Narcissi lacrymis calices sternantque feretrum	M2
Tectus ubi lauro Lycidas jacet adsit ut oti	D
Saltem aliquid ficta ludantur imagine mentes	Z
Me miserum Tua nam litus pelagusque sonorum	M2
Ossa ferunt queiscunque procul jacteris in oris	Z
Sive procellosas ultra Symplegadas ingens	Z
Jam subter mare visis alit quae monstra profundum	M2
Sive negavit enim precibus te Jupiter udis	Z
Cum sene Bellero veterum qui fabula dormis	Z
Qua custoditi montis praegrandis imago	K2
Namancum atque arces longe prospectat Iberas	Z
Verte retro te verte deum mollire precando	D
Et vos infaustum juvenem delphines agatis	Z
Ponite jam lacrymas sat enim flevistis agrestes	Z
Non periit Lycidas vestri moeroris origo	K2
Marmorei quanquam fluctus hausere cadentem	M2
Sic et in aequoreum se condere saepe cubile	D
Luciferum videas nec longum tempus et effert	D
Demissum caput igne novo vestitus et aurum	M2
Ceu rutilans in fronte poli splendescit Eoi	N2
Sic obiit Lycidas sic assurrexit in altum	M2
Illo quem peditem mare sustulit usus amico	K2
Nunc campos alios alia errans stagna secundum	M2
Rorantesque lavans integro nectare crines	Z
Audit inauditos nobis cantari Hymenaeos	Z
Fortunatorum sedes ubi mitis amorem	M2
Laetitiamque affert Hic illum quotquot Olympum	M2
Praedulces habitant turbae venerabilis ordo	D
Circumstant aliaeque canunt interque canendum	M2
Majestate sua veniunt abeuntque catervae	B2
Omnes ex oculis lacrymas arcere paratae	D
Ergo non Lycidam jam lamentantur agrestes	Z
Divus eris ripae puer hoc ex tempore nobis	Z
Grande nec immerito veniens in munus opemque	K2
Poscent usque tuam dubiis quot in aestubus errant	D
Haec incultus aquis puer ilicibusque canebat	D
Processit dum mane silens talaribus albis	Z
Multa manu teneris discrimina tentat avenis	Z
Dorica non studio modulatus carmina segni	D
Et jam sol abiens colles extenderat omnes	Z
Jamque sub Hesperium se praecipitaverat alveum	M2
Surrexit tandem glaucumque retraxit amictum	M2
Cras lucos reor ille novos nova pascua quaeret	D

Charles Stuart Calverley

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