Address. For The Benefit Of James Sheridan Knowles Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCD EEFGHHIJKKLL MMNNOOPPQQGG RRSS TTAA UUVVLLWWXXYZA2B2C2C2 D2D2E2E2BBF2XG2G2| Spoken by Mrs Chapman | A |
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| Nay Mr Simpson 'Tis not kind polite | B |
| To shut me out sir I'm in such a fright | B |
| I can not speak the lines I'm sure Oh fie | C |
| To say I must but if I must I'll try | D |
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| From him I turn to these more generous souls | E |
| The drama's patrons and the friends of KNOWLES | E |
| Why what a brilliant galaxy is here | F |
| What stars adorn this mimic hemisphere | G |
| Names that shine brightest on our country's page | H |
| The props of science literature the stage | H |
| Above below around me woman smiles | I |
| The fairest floweret of these western wilds | J |
| All come to pay the tribute of their praise | K |
| To the first dramatist of modern days | K |
| And welcome to the green home of the free | L |
| With heart and hand the bard of liberty | L |
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| His is a wizard wand Its potent spell | M |
| Broke the deep slumber of the patriot Tell | M |
| And placed him on his native hills again | N |
| The pride and glory of his fellow men | N |
| The poet speaks for Rome Virginia bleeds | O |
| Bold Caius Gracclius in the forum pleads | O |
| Alfred the Great because the good and wise | P |
| Bids prostrate England burst her bonds and rise | P |
| Sweet Bess the Beggar's Daughter beauty's queen | Q |
| Walks forth the joy and wonder of the scene | Q |
| The Hunchback enters kindly fond severe | G |
| And last behold the glorious Wife appear | G |
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| These are the bright creations of a mind | R |
| Glowing with genius chastened and refined | R |
| In all he's written be this praise his lot | S |
| Not one word dying would he wish to blot | S |
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| Upon my life 'tis no such easy thing | T |
| To land the bard unless an eagle's wing | T |
| My muse would take and fixing on the sun | A |
| Her burning eye soar as his own has done | A |
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| Did you speak sir What madam did he say | U |
| Wrangling for shame before your wedding day | U |
| Nay gentle lady by thine eyes of blue | V |
| And vermeil blushes I did not mean you | V |
| Bless me what friends at every glance I see | L |
| Artists and authors men of high degree | L |
| Grave politicians who have weighed each chance | W |
| The next election and the war with France | W |
| Doctors just come from curing half a score | X |
| And belles from killing twice as many more | X |
| Judges recorders aldermen and mayors | Y |
| Seated like true republicans down stairs | Z |
| All wear a glow of sunshine in their faces | A2 |
| Might well become Apollo and the graces | B2 |
| Except one yonder with a look infernal | C2 |
| Like a blurred page from Fanny Kemble's Journal | C2 |
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| But to my task The muse when I began | D2 |
| Spoke of the writer welcome ye the man | D2 |
| Genius at best acts but an humble part | E2 |
| Unless obedient to an honest heart | E2 |
| And such a one is his for whom to night | B |
| These walls are crowded with this cheering sight | B |
| Ye love the poet oft have conned him o'er | F2 |
| Knew ye the man ye'd love him ten times more | X |
| Ye critics spare him from your tongue and quill | G2 |
| Ye gods applaud him and ye fops be still | G2 |
George Pope Morris
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