To A Vain Lady Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEFE GHGH IJKJ BLBL MNMN OPOP QRQR SJSJ| Ah 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 lingering 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 |
George Gordon Lord Byron
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