The Musical Chamber Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ABAB CBCB DBDB DBDB ABAB EBEB FBGB DBDB| I TRUST that my friends will remember | A |
| Whilst I these my pleasures display | B |
| Resort to my musical chamber | A |
| The laurel crown'd desert in May | B |
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| Resort to this chamber at leisure | A |
| Attend it by night and by day | B |
| To feast on the dainties of pleasure | A |
| Which cannot be stinted in May | B |
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| This place is both pleasing and moral | C |
| A chamber both lovely and gay | B |
| In the shade of a ne'er fading laurel | C |
| Whose grace in December is May | B |
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| Abounding with every fine story | D |
| While time passes hurrying away | B |
| This place is a banquet of glory | D |
| Which rings with the ditties of May | B |
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| The chamber of Chatham and Dolly | D |
| A place of a comical play | B |
| Gave place unto Love's fine folly | D |
| The birds and sweet flowers of May | B |
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| Here Venus attends with her lover | A |
| Here Floras their suitors betray | B |
| And uncommon secrets discover | A |
| Which break from the bosom of May | B |
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| Here ever young Hebe sits smiling | E |
| The wonders of youth to portray | B |
| Excluding old age from defiling | E |
| The lads and the lassies of May | B |
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| Call by little stranger one minute | F |
| Your joy will reward your delay | B |
| Come feast with the lark and the linnet | G |
| And drink of the waters of May | B |
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| Walk in little mistress be steady | D |
| You 'r welcome a visit to pay | B |
| All things in the chamber are ready | D |
| Resolve to be married in May | B |
George Moses Horton
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