To Mrs. Montagu Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFG HIHI BJBK LMLM NONO PQPQ CRCR SGSG MTMU| While bending at thy honour'd shrine the Muse | A |
| Pours MONTAGU to thee her votive strain | B |
| Thy heart will not her simple notes refuse | A |
| Or chill her timid soul with cold disdain | B |
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| O might a transient spark of genius fire | C |
| The fond effusions of her fearful youth | D |
| Then should thy virtues live upon her lyre | E |
| And give to harmony the charm of truth | D |
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| Vain wish they ask not the imperfect lay | F |
| The weak applause her trembling accents breathe | G |
| With whose pure radiance glory blends her ray | F |
| Whom fame has circled with her fairest wreathe | G |
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| Thou who while seen with graceful step to tread | H |
| Grandeur's enchanted round can'st meekly pause | I |
| To rend the veil obscurity had spread | H |
| Where his lone sigh deserted Genius draws | I |
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| To lead his drooping spirit to thy fane | B |
| Where attic joy the social circle warms | J |
| Where science loves to pour her hallow'd strain | B |
| Where wit and wisdom blend their sep'rate charms | K |
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| And lure to cherish intellectual powers | L |
| To bid the vig'rous tides of genius roll | M |
| Unfold in fair expansion fancy's flowers | L |
| And wake the latent energies of soul | M |
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| Far other homage claims than flatt'ry brings | N |
| The little triumphs of the proud to grace | O |
| For deeds like these a purer incense springs | N |
| Warm from the swelling heart its source we trace | O |
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| Yet not to foster the rich gifts of mind | P |
| Alone can all thy lib'ral cares employ | Q |
| Not to the few those gifts adorn confin'd | P |
| They spread an ampler sphere of genuine joy | Q |
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| While pleasure's lucid star illumes thy bower | C |
| Thy pity views the distant storm that bends | R |
| Where want unshelter'd wastes the ling'ring hour | C |
| And meets the blessing that to heav'n ascends | R |
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| For this while fame thro' each successive age | S |
| On her exulting lip thy name shall breathe | G |
| While woman pointing to thy finish'd page | S |
| Claims from imperious man the critic wreathe | G |
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| Truth on her spotless record shall enroll | M |
| Each moral beauty to her spirit dear | T |
| Paint in bright characters each grace of soul | M |
| While admiration pours a gen'rous tear | U |
Helen Maria Williams
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