To Lyce. - Translations From Horace Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGFG HGHG FGFG IGIG JKJK

OD ivA
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Lyce the gods have listened to my prayerB
The gods have listened Lyce Thou art greyC
And still would'st thou seem fairB
Still unshamed drink and playC
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And wine flushed woo slow answering Love with weakD
Shrill pipings With young Chia He doth dwellE
Queen of the harp her cheekD
Is his sweet citadelE
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He marked the withered oak and on he flewF
Intolerant shrank from Lyce grim and wrinkledG
Whose teeth are ghastly blueF
Whose temples snow besprinkledG
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Not purple not the brightest gem that glowsH
Brings back to her the years which fleeting fastG
Time hath once shut in thoseH
Dark annals of the PastG
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Oh where is all thy loveliness soft hueF
And motions soft Oh what of Her doth restG
Her who breathed love who drewF
My heart out of my breastG
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Fair and far famed and subtly sweet thy faceI
Ranked next to Cinara's But to Cinara fateG
Gave but a few years' graceI
And lets live all too lateG
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Lyce the rival of the beldam crowJ
That fiery youth may see with scornful browK
The torch that long agoJ
Beamed bright a cinder nowK

Charles Stuart Calverley



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