To Albius Tibullus Ii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCA DEED FGGF HIIH| Grieve not my Albius if thoughts of Glycera may haunt you | A |
| Nor chant your mournful elegies because she faithless proves | B |
| If now a younger man than you this cruel charmer loves | C |
| Let not the kindly favors of the past rise up to taunt you | A |
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| Lycoris of the little brow for Cyrus feels a passion | D |
| And Cyrus on the other hand toward Pholoe inclines | E |
| But ere this crafty Cyrus can accomplish his designs | E |
| She goats will wed Apulian wolves in deference to fashion | D |
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| Such is the will the cruel will of love inciting Venus | F |
| Who takes delight in wanton sport and ill considered jokes | G |
| And brings ridiculous misfits beneath her brazen yokes | G |
| A very infelicitous proceeding just between us | F |
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| As for myself young Myrtale slave born and lacking graces | H |
| And wilder than the Adrian tides which form Calabrian bays | I |
| Entangled me in pleasing chains and compromising ways | I |
| When just my luck a better girl was courting my embraces | H |
Eugene Field
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