Poet Eugene Field

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To Mother Venus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDB EFGFAF HIJIKI IJLJJJ IMJMNO PIQIRI

O mother Venus quit I prayA
Your violent assailingB
The arts forsooth that fired my youthC
At last are unavailingB
My blood runs cold I'm getting oldD
And all my powers are failingB
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Speed thou upon thy white swans' wingsE
And elsewhere deign to mellowF
With thy soft arts the anguished heartsG
Of swains that writhe and bellowF
And right away seek out I prayA
Young Paullus he's your fellowF
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You'll find young Paullus passing fairH
Modest refined and tonyI
Go now incite the favored wightJ
With Venus for a cronyI
He'll outshine all at feast and ballK
And conversazioneI
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Then shall that godlike nose of thineI
With perfumes be requitedJ
And then shall prance in Salian danceL
The girls and boys delightedJ
And while the lute blends with the fluteJ
Shall tender loves be plightedJ
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But as for me as you can seeI
I'm getting old and spitefulM
I have no mind to female kindJ
That once I deemed delightfulM
No more brim up the festive cupN
That sent me home at night fullO
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Why do I falter in my speechP
O cruel LigurineI
Why do I chase from place to placeQ
In weather wet and shinyI
Why down my nose forever flowsR
The tear that's cold and brinyI

Eugene Field



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