Sonnet Xix. To Mr. Haley, Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGFGHIHIJJ| On receiving some elegant lines from him | A |
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| FOR me the Muse a simple band design'd | B |
| Of 'idle' flowers that bloom the woods among | C |
| Which with the cypress and the willow join'd | D |
| A garland form'd as artless as my song | E |
| And little dared I hope its transient hours | F |
| So long would last composed of buds so brief | G |
| Till Hayley's hand among the vagrant flowers | F |
| Threw from his verdant crown a deathless leaf | G |
| For high in Fame's bright fane has Judgment placed | H |
| The laurel wreath Serena's poet won | I |
| Which woven with myrtles by the hands of Taste | H |
| The Muse decreed for this her favourite son | I |
| And those immortal leaves his temples shade | J |
| Whose fair eternal verdure shall not fade | J |
Charlotte Smith
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