Ode On The Late H. Kirke White, By Juvenis Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBC DEDED FGFGF HIHIH JAJKJ L| And is the minstrel's voyage o'er | A |
| And is the star of genius fled | B |
| And will his magic harp no more | C |
| Mute in the mansions of the dead | B |
| Its strains seraphic pour | C |
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| A pilgrim in this world of woe | D |
| Condemn'd alas awhile to stray | E |
| Where bristly thorns where briers grow | D |
| He bade to cheer the gloomy way | E |
| Its heavenly music flow | D |
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| And oft he bade by fame inspired | F |
| Its wild notes seek the ethereal plain | G |
| Till angels by its music fired | F |
| Have listening caught the ecstatic strain | G |
| Have wonder'd and admired | F |
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| But now secure on happier shores | H |
| With choirs of sainted souls he sings | I |
| His harp the Omnipotent adores | H |
| And from its sweet its silver strings | I |
| Celestial music pours | H |
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| And though on earth no more he'll weave | J |
| The lay that's fraught with magic fire | A |
| Yet oft shall Fancy hear at eve | J |
| His now exalted heavenly lyre | K |
| In sounds AElig olian grieve | J |
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| B Stoke | L |
Henry Kirk White
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