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 FALA
LING DOWN THE AREA OF A HOUSE COULD NOTB
BE FOUNDC
MISTAKEN Bird ah whither hast thou stray'dD
My friendly grasp why eager to eludeE
This hand was on thy pinion lightly laidD
And fear'd to hurt thee by a touch too rudeE
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Is there no foresight in a Thrush's breastF
That thou down yonder gulph from me wouldst goG
That gloomy area lurking cats infestF
And there the dog may rove alike thy foeG
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I would with lavish crumbs my bird have fedH
And brought a crystal cup to wet thy billA
I would have made of down and moss thy bedH
Soft though not fashion'd with a Thrush's skillA
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Soon as thy strengthen'd wing could mount the skyI
My willing hand had set my captive freeJ
Ah not for her who loves the Muse to buyI
A selfish pleasure bought with pain to theeJ
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The vital air and liberty and lightK
Had all been thine and love and rapt'rous songL
And sweet parental joys in rapid flightK
Had led the circle of thy life alongL
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Securely to my window hadst thou flownM
And ever thy accustom'd morsel foundC
Nor should thy trusting breast the wants have knownM
Which other Thrushes knew when winter frown'dC
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Fram'd with the wisdom nature lent to theeJ
Thy house of straw had brav'd the tempest's rageN
And thou through many a Spring hadst liv'd to seeJ
The utmost limit of a Thrush's ageN
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Ill fated bird and does the Thrush's raceO
Like Man's mistake the path that leads to blissP
Or when his eye that tranquil path can traceO
The good he well discerns through folly missP

Helen Maria Williams



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