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