To Virgil. - Translations From Horace Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCB DEED FGHF IJJI KLLK| OD i | A |
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| Unshamed unchecked for one so dear | B |
| We sorrow Lead the mournful choir | C |
| Melpomene to whom thy sire | C |
| Gave harp and song notes liquid clear | B |
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| Sleeps He the sleep that knows no morn | D |
| Oh Honour oh twin born with Right | E |
| Pure Faith and Truth that loves the light | E |
| When shall again his like be born | D |
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| Many a kind heart for Him makes moan | F |
| Thine Virgil first But ah in vain | G |
| Thy love bids heaven restore again | H |
| That which it took not as a loan | F |
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| Were sweeter lute than Orpheus given | I |
| To thee did trees thy voice obey | J |
| The blood revisits not the clay | J |
| Which He with lifted wand hath driven | I |
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| Into his dark assemblage who | K |
| Unlocks not fate to mortal's prayer | L |
| Hard lot Yet light their griefs who BEAR | L |
| The ills which they may not undo | K |
Charles Stuart Calverley
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