Sonnet To Capel Lofft, Esq. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEDFGHFII| Lofft unto thee one tributary song | A |
| The simple Muse admiring fain would bring | B |
| She longs to lisp thee to the listening throng | A |
| And with thy name to bid the woodlands ring | B |
| Fain would she blazon all thy virtues forth | C |
| Thy warm philanthropy thy justice mild | D |
| Would say how thou didst foster kindred worth | E |
| And to thy bosom snatch'd Misfortune's child | D |
| Firm she would paint thee with becoming zeal | F |
| Upright and learned as the Pylian sire | G |
| Would say how sweetly thou couldst sweep the lyre | H |
| And show thy labours for the public weal | F |
| Ten thousand virtues tell with joys supreme | I |
| But ah she shrinks abash'd before the arduous theme | I |
Henry Kirk White
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