De Amicitiis Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDCEEC FFGHHG IIJKKJ LLBMMB NNOCCO PPMQQM RRSCCS TTJDUJ VVWXXX BBCXXC YYMZZM A2A2JBBJ| Though care and strife | A |
| Elsewhere be rife | A |
| Upon my word I do not heed 'em | B |
| In bed I lie | C |
| With books hard by | C |
| And with increasing zest I read 'em | B |
| - | |
| Propped up in bed | D |
| So much I've read | D |
| Of musty tomes that I've a headful | C |
| Of tales and rhymes | E |
| Of ancient times | E |
| Which wife declares are simply dreadful | C |
| - | |
| They give me joy | F |
| Without alloy | F |
| And isn't that what books are made for | G |
| And yet and yet | H |
| Ah vain regret | H |
| I would to God they all were paid for | G |
| - | |
| No festooned cup | I |
| Filled foaming up | I |
| Can lure me elsewhere to confound me | J |
| Sweeter than wine | K |
| This love of mine | K |
| For these old books I see around me | J |
| - | |
| A plague I say | L |
| On maidens gay | L |
| I'll weave no compliments to tell 'em | B |
| Vain fool I were | M |
| Did I prefer | M |
| Those dolls to these old friends in vellum | B |
| - | |
| At dead of night | N |
| My chamber's bright | N |
| Not only with the gas that's burning | O |
| But with the glow | C |
| Of long ago | C |
| Of beauty back from eld returning | O |
| - | |
| Fair women's looks | P |
| I see in books | P |
| I see them and I hear their laughter | M |
| Proud high born maids | Q |
| Unlike the jades | Q |
| Which men folk now go chasing after | M |
| - | |
| Herein again | R |
| Speak valiant men | R |
| Of all nativities and ages | S |
| I hear and smile | C |
| With rapture while | C |
| I turn these musty magic pages | S |
| - | |
| The sword the lance | T |
| The morris dance | T |
| The highland song the greenwood ditty | J |
| Of these I read | D |
| Or when the need | U |
| My Miller grinds me grist that's gritty | J |
| - | |
| When of such stuff | V |
| We've had enough | V |
| Why there be other friends to greet us | W |
| We'll moralize | X |
| In solemn wise | X |
| With Plato or with Epictetus | X |
| - | |
| Sneer as you may | B |
| I'm proud to say | B |
| That I for one am very grateful | C |
| To Heaven that sends | X |
| These genial friends | X |
| To banish other friendships hateful | C |
| - | |
| And when I'm done | Y |
| I'd have no son | Y |
| Pounce on these treasures like a vulture | M |
| Nay give them half | Z |
| My epitaph | Z |
| And let them share in my sepulture | M |
| - | |
| Then when the crack | A2 |
| Of doom rolls back | A2 |
| The marble and the earth that hide me | J |
| I'll smuggle home | B |
| Each precious tome | B |
| Without a fear my wife shall chide me | J |
Eugene Field
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About De Amicitiis
De Amicitiis is a poem by Eugene Field. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about De Amicitiis poem by Eugene Field
Best Poems of Eugene Field
