The "ars Poetica" Of Horace Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A AAAAABCDC AEFEFGAGA ABADAAHAH AICICJKLK| XXIII | A |
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| I love the lyric muse | A |
| For when mankind ran wild in groves | A |
| Came holy Orpheus with his songs | A |
| And turned men's hearts from bestial loves | A |
| From brutal force and savage wrongs | A |
| Came Amphion too and on his lyre | B |
| Made such sweet music all the day | C |
| That rocks instinct with warm desire | D |
| Pursued him in his glorious way | C |
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| I love the lyric muse | A |
| Hers was the wisdom that of yore | E |
| Taught man the rights of fellow man | F |
| Taught him to worship God the more | E |
| And to revere love's holy ban | F |
| Hers was the hand that jotted down | G |
| The laws correcting divers wrongs | A |
| And so came honor and renown | G |
| To bards and to their noble songs | A |
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| I love the lyric muse | A |
| Old Homer sung unto the lyre | B |
| Tyrtaeus too in ancient days | A |
| Still warmed by their immortal fire | D |
| How doth our patriot spirit blaze | A |
| The oracle when questioned sings | A |
| So we our way in life are taught | H |
| In verse we soothe the pride of kings | A |
| In verse the drama has been wrought | H |
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| I love the lyric muse | A |
| Be not ashamed O noble friend | I |
| In honest gratitude to pay | C |
| Thy homage to the gods that send | I |
| This boon to charm all ill away | C |
| With solemn tenderness revere | J |
| This voiceful glory as a shrine | K |
| Wherein the quickened heart may hear | L |
| The counsels of a voice divine | K |
Eugene Field
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