Elegy On A Young Thrush Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEDE FGFG HAHA IJIJ KLKL MCMC JNJN OPOP| WHICH ESCAPED FROM THE WRITER'S HAND AND FAL | A |
| LING DOWN THE AREA OF A HOUSE COULD NOT | B |
| BE FOUND | C |
| MISTAKEN Bird ah whither hast thou stray'd | D |
| My friendly grasp why eager to elude | E |
| This hand was on thy pinion lightly laid | D |
| And fear'd to hurt thee by a touch too rude | E |
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| Is there no foresight in a Thrush's breast | F |
| That thou down yonder gulph from me wouldst go | G |
| That gloomy area lurking cats infest | F |
| And there the dog may rove alike thy foe | G |
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| I would with lavish crumbs my bird have fed | H |
| And brought a crystal cup to wet thy bill | A |
| I would have made of down and moss thy bed | H |
| Soft though not fashion'd with a Thrush's skill | A |
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| Soon as thy strengthen'd wing could mount the sky | I |
| My willing hand had set my captive free | J |
| Ah not for her who loves the Muse to buy | I |
| A selfish pleasure bought with pain to thee | J |
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| The vital air and liberty and light | K |
| Had all been thine and love and rapt'rous song | L |
| And sweet parental joys in rapid flight | K |
| Had led the circle of thy life along | L |
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| Securely to my window hadst thou flown | M |
| And ever thy accustom'd morsel found | C |
| Nor should thy trusting breast the wants have known | M |
| Which other Thrushes knew when winter frown'd | C |
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| Fram'd with the wisdom nature lent to thee | J |
| Thy house of straw had brav'd the tempest's rage | N |
| And thou through many a Spring hadst liv'd to see | J |
| The utmost limit of a Thrush's age | N |
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| Ill fated bird and does the Thrush's race | O |
| Like Man's mistake the path that leads to bliss | P |
| Or when his eye that tranquil path can trace | O |
| The good he well discerns through folly miss | P |
Helen Maria Williams
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