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