Queen Mary's Complaint Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBAACCDD A EEFFGHII A EEJJKKLL H MMHHNNOP H QQJJRRFF H SSTTHHUU| I | A |
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| Pale moon thy mild benignant light | B |
| May glad some other captive's sight | B |
| Bright'ning the gloomy objects nigh | A |
| Thy beams a lenient thought supply | A |
| But O pale moon what ray of thine | C |
| Can soothe a misery like mine | C |
| Chase the sad image of the past | D |
| And woes for ever doom'd to last | D |
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| II | A |
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| Where are the years with pleasure gay | E |
| How bright their course how short their stay | E |
| Where are the crowns that round my head | F |
| A double glory vainly spread | F |
| Where are the beauties wont to move | G |
| The grace converting awe to love | H |
| Alas had fate design'd to bless | I |
| Its equal hand had giv'n me less | I |
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| III | A |
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| Why did the regal garb array | E |
| A breast that tender passions sway | E |
| A soul of unsuspicious frame | J |
| Which leans with faith on friendship's name | J |
| Ye vanish'd hopes ye broken ties | K |
| By perfidy in friendship's guise | K |
| This breast was injur'd lost betray'd | L |
| Where where shall MARY look for aid | L |
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| IV | H |
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| How could I hope redress to find | M |
| Stern rival from thy envious mind | M |
| How could I e'er thy words believe | H |
| O ever practised to deceive | H |
| Thy wiles abhorr'd shall please alone | N |
| Cold bosoms selfish as thy own | N |
| While ages hence indignant hear | O |
| The horrors of my fate severe | P |
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| V | H |
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| Have not thy unrelenting hands | Q |
| Torn nature's most endearing bands | Q |
| Whate'er I hop'd from woman's name | J |
| The ties of blood the stranger's claim | J |
| A sister queen's despairing breast | R |
| On thee securely lean'd for rest | R |
| On thee from whom that breast has bled | F |
| With sharper ills than those I fled | F |
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| VI | H |
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| O skill'd in every baser art | S |
| Tyrant to this unguarded heart | S |
| No guilt so black as thine belongs | T |
| Which loads my length'ning years with wrongs | T |
| Strike then at once insatiate foe | H |
| The long premeditated blow | H |
| So shall thy jealous terrors cease | U |
| And MARY'S harass'd soul have peace | U |
Helen Maria Williams
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