Horace And Lydia. Iii-9 (from The Odes Of Horace) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFG HIJI FJJK LFAF FMFM| One time when I was pleasing to you Lydia | A |
| And when no other youth preferred to me | B |
| Your snowy neck could with his arms encircle | C |
| Then happier I than Persia's King may be | B |
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| When of another you were less enamored | D |
| Nor ranked me after Chloe in your love | E |
| Then I your Lydia of wide reputation | F |
| Than Roman Ilia more renowned could prove | G |
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| Now Thracian Chloe skilled in mellow measures | H |
| And expert on the harp holds me her slave | I |
| To die for her would never cause me terror | J |
| If her my soul the Fates alive would save | I |
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| 'Tis Calais Ornytus' son the Thurian | F |
| Who now consumes me with a mutual fire | J |
| Ah death for him twice over would I suffer | J |
| Would but the Fates not let the boy expire | K |
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| What if our former love to us returning | L |
| Us in a stronger yoke should join again | F |
| Should I unbar the door to cast off Lydia | A |
| And give up fair haired Chloe ah what then | F |
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| Though he be lovelier than a constellation | F |
| Though lighter than a cork my dear are you | M |
| Than stormy Adriatic more uncertain | F |
| With you I'd love to live die gladly too | M |
Helen Leah Reed
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