To The Earl Of Clare Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AB CCDAAD EEFGHF IJIKLI AAHAAH DDJMMJ CCAAAA NNHCCH CCOCCL HHCCCC CCPCCP QQIHHI FFHCCH CCFHHF CCFRRF SSBTUB AAVWWV AAMXXY

'Tu semper amorisA
Sisd memor etcari comitis ne abscedat imago' Val FlacB
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Friend of my youth when young we rovedC
Like striplings mutually belovedC
With friendship's purest glowD
The bliss which wing'd those rosy hoursA
Was such as pleasure seldom showersA
On mortals here belowD
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The recollectlon seems aloneE
Dearer than all the joys I've knownE
When distant far from youF
Though pain 'tis still a pleasing painG
To trace those days and hours againH
And sigh again adieuF
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My pensive memory lingers o'erI
Those scenes to be enjoy'd no moreJ
Those scenes regretted everI
The measure of our youth is fullK
Life's evening dream is dark and dullL
And we rnay meet ah neverI
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As when one parent spring suppliesA
Two strearns which from one fountain riseA
Together join'd in 'vainH
How soon' diverging from their sourceA
Each murmuring seeks another courseA
Till mingled in the mainH
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Our vital streams of weal or woeD
Though near alas distinctly flowD
Nor mingle as beforeJ
Now swift or slow now black or clearM
Till death's unfathom'd gulf appearM
And both shall quit the shoreJ
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Our souls my friend which once suppliedC
One wish nor breathed a thought besideC
Now flow in different channelsA
Disdaining humbler rural sportsA
'Tis yours to mix in polish'd courtsA
And shine in fashion's annalsA
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'Tis mine to waste on love my timeN
Or vent my reveries in rhymeN
Without the aid of reasonH
For sense and reason critics know itC
Have quitted every amorous poetC
Nor left a thought to seize onH
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Poor LITTLE sweet melodlous bardC
Of late esteem'd it monstrous hardC
That he who sang before allO
He who the lore of love expandedC
By dire reviewers should be brandedC
As void of wit and moralL
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And yet while Beauty's praise is thineH
Harmonious favourite of the nineH
Repine not at thy lotC
Thy soothing lays may still be readC
When Persecution's arm is deadC
And critics are forgotC
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Still I must yield those worthies meritC
Who chasten with unsparing spiritC
Bad rhymes and those who write themP
And though myself may be the nextC
By criticism to be vextC
I really will not fight themP
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Perhaps they wouid do quite as wellQ
To break the rudely sounding shellQ
Of such a young beginnerI
He who offends at pert nineteenH
Ere thirty may become I weenH
A very harden'd sinnerI
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Now Clare I must return to youF
And sure apologies are dueF
Accept then my concessionH
In truth dear Clare in fancy's flightC
I soar along from left to rightC
My muse admires digressionH
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I think I said 'twould he your fateC
To add one star to royal stateC
May regal smiles attend youF
And should a noble monarch reignH
You will not seek his smiles in vainH
If worth can recommend youF
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Yet since in danger courts aboundC
Where specious rivals glitter roundC
From snares may saints preserve youF
And grant your love or friendship ne'erR
From any claim a kindred careR
But those who best deserve youF
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Not for a moment may you strayS
From truth's secure unerring wayS
May no delights decoyB
O'er roses may your footsteps moveT
Your smiles be ever smiles of loveU
Your tears be tears of joyB
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Oh if you wish that happinessA
Your coming days and years may blessA
And virtues crown your browV
Be still as you were wont to beW
Spotless as you've been known to meW
Be still as you are nowV
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And though some trifling share of praiseA
To cheer my last declining daysA
To me were doubly dearM
Whilst blessing your beloved nameX
I'd waive at once a poet's fameX
To prove a prophet hereY

George Gordon Byron



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