To Melpomene. Iv-3 (from The Odes Of Horace) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEGHIJKLGLIIGI MDMD| Oh him whom at birth you with favor regarded | A |
| Melpomene never an Isthmian game | B |
| Shall render renowned though he's skilled as a boxer | C |
| Nor shall a swift horse lead him onward to fame | B |
| Though a victor he rides in a chariot Achaian | D |
| Not him shall the fortune of war ever show | E |
| In the Capitol wearing the garland of laurel | F |
| Because the proud threatenings of kings he laid low | E |
| But every stream flowing over the country | G |
| Fertile Tibur around and so every grove | H |
| With its thick growing leaves shall ennoble the poet | I |
| In olian song he ennobled shall prove | J |
| The offspring of Rome that is Queen among cities | K |
| Me have deemed as a bard to be worthy a place | L |
| In her glorious choir and less and less keenly | G |
| Already the sharp bite of Envy I trace | L |
| Oh Pieris oh Muse who the sweet tone controllest | I |
| Of the golden tongued lyre able too to endow | I |
| The dumb fishes as well if it happen to please thee | G |
| With the notes of the swan 'tis from thee it comes now | I |
| That I by the finger of those who are passing | M |
| The Lord of our own Roman lyre am shown | D |
| For all inspiration for all that is pleasing | M |
| If it happen to please thou hast made it my own | D |
Helen Leah Reed
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