To John Forbes, Esq. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EEFFGGHHII JJKKIILLMMNNIICCOO| ON HIS BRINGING ME FLOWERS FROM VAUCLUSE AND | A |
| WHICH HE HAD PRESERVED BY MEANS OF | B |
| AN INGENIOUS PROCESS IN THEIR | C |
| ORIGINAL BEAUTY | D |
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| - | |
| SWEET spoils of consecrated bowers | E |
| How dear to me these chosen flowers | E |
| I love the simplest bud that blows | F |
| I love the meanest weed that grows | F |
| Symbols of nature every form | G |
| That speaks of her this heart can warm | G |
| But ye delicious flowers assume | H |
| In fancy's eye a brighter bloom | H |
| A dearer pleasure ye diffuse | I |
| Cull'd by the fountain of Vaucluse | I |
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| For ye were nurtur'd on the sod | J |
| Where PETRARCH mourn'd and LAURA trod | J |
| Ye grew on that inspiring ground | K |
| Where love has shed enchantment round | K |
| Where still the tear of passion flows | I |
| Fond tribute to a poet's woes | I |
| Yet cherish'd flowers with love and fame | L |
| This wreath entwines a milder name | L |
| Friendship who better knows than they | M |
| The spells that smooth our length'ning way | M |
| Friendship the blooming off'ring brought | N |
| When FORBES the classic fountain sought | N |
| For me he cull'd the fresh blown flowers | I |
| And fix'd their hues with potent powers | I |
| Their pliant forms with skilful care | C |
| He seized and stamp'd duration there | C |
| His gift shall ever glad the eye | O |
| Nor like my verse is born to die | O |
Helen Maria Williams
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