The Vine & Oak, A Fable Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFGG BBHHII DDJJKKLL LLMJ NNBBOOPP QQQQQQQQQQRRQQ SSQQQQTTUU LLQQ| A vine from noblest lineage sprung | A |
| And with the choicest clusters hung | A |
| In purple rob'd reclining lay | B |
| And catch'd the noontide's fervid ray | B |
| The num'rous plants that deck the field | C |
| Did all the palm of beauty yield | C |
| Pronounc'd her fairest of their train | D |
| And hail'd her empress of the plain | D |
| A neighb'ring oak whose spiry height | E |
| In low hung clouds was hid from sight | E |
| Who dar'd a thousand howling storms | F |
| Conscious of worth sublimely stood | G |
| The pride and glory of the wood | G |
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| He saw her all defenseless lay | B |
| To each invading beast a prey | B |
| And wish'd to clasp her in his arms | H |
| And bear her far away from harms | H |
| 'Twas love 'twas tenderness 'twas all | I |
| That men the tender passion call | I |
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| He urg'd his suit but urg'd in vain | D |
| The vine regardless of his pain | D |
| Still flirted with each flippant green | J |
| With seeing pleas'd being seen | J |
| And as the syren Flattery sang | K |
| Would o'er the strains ecstatic hang | K |
| Enjoy'd the minutes as they rose | L |
| Nor fears her bosom discompose | L |
| - | |
| But now the boding clouds arise | L |
| And scowling darkness veils the skies | L |
| Harsh thunders roar red lightnings gleam | M |
| And rushing torrents close the scene | J |
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| The fawning adulating crowd | N |
| Who late in thronged xx bow'd | N |
| Now left their goddess of a day | B |
| To the O'erwhelming flood a prey | B |
| which swell'd a deluge poured around | O |
| tore her helpless from the ground | O |
| Her rifled foliage floated wide | P |
| And ruby nectar ting'd the tide | P |
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| With eager eyes and heart dismayed | Q |
| She look'd but look'd in vain for aid | Q |
| And are my lovers fled she cry'd | Q |
| Who at my feet this morning sigh'd | Q |
| And swore my reign would never end | Q |
| While youth and beauty had a friend | Q |
| I am unhappy who believ'd | Q |
| And they detested who deceived | Q |
| Curse on that whim call'd maiden pride | Q |
| Which made me shun the name of bride | Q |
| When yonder oak confessed his flame | R |
| And woo'd me in fair honor's name | R |
| But now repentance comes too late | Q |
| And all forlorn I meet my fate | Q |
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| The oak who safely wav'd above | S |
| Look'd down once more with eyes of love | S |
| Love higher wrought with pity join'd | Q |
| True mark of an exalted mind | Q |
| Declared her coldness could suspend | Q |
| But not his gen'rous passion end | Q |
| Beg'd to renew his am'rous plea | T |
| As warm for union now as he | T |
| To his embraces quick she flew | U |
| And felt gave sensations new | U |
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| Enrich'd graced by the sweet prise | L |
| He lifts her tendrils to the skies | L |
| Whilst she protected and carest | Q |
| Sinks in his arms completely blest | Q |
Henry Livingston Jr.
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