To A Vain Lady. [1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBD EFGF HIHI JKLK CMCM NONO PQPQ RSRS TKTK| A | |
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| Ah heedless girl why thus disclose | B |
| What ne'er was meant for other ears | C |
| Why thus destroy thine own repose | B |
| And dig the source of future tears | D |
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| Oh thou wilt weep imprudent maid | E |
| While lurking envious foes will smile | F |
| For all the follies thou hast said | G |
| Of those who spoke but to beguile | F |
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| Vain girl thy lingering woes are nigh | H |
| If thou believ'st what striplings say | I |
| Oh from the deep temptation fly | H |
| Nor fall the specious spoiler's prey | I |
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| Dost thou repeat in childish boast | J |
| The words man utters to deceive | K |
| Thy peace thy hope thy all is lost | L |
| If thou canst venture to believe | K |
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| While now amongst thy female peers | C |
| Thou tell'st again the soothing tale | M |
| Canst thou not mark the rising sneers | C |
| Duplicity in vain would veil | M |
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| These tales in secret silence hush | N |
| Nor make thyself the public gaze | O |
| What modest maid without a blush | N |
| Recounts a flattering coxcomb's praise | O |
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| Will not the laughing boy despise | P |
| Her who relates each fond conceit | Q |
| Who thinking Heaven is in her eyes | P |
| Yet cannot see the slight deceit | Q |
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| For she who takes a soft delight | R |
| These amorous nothings in revealing | S |
| Must credit all we say or write | R |
| While vanity prevents concealing | S |
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| Cease if you prize your Beauty's reign | T |
| No jealousy bids me reprove | K |
| One who is thus from nature vain | T |
| I pity but I cannot love | K |
George Gordon Byron
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