To A Scientific Friend Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEGEHEEEIEEJKJ ELELMNONPQEQ| You say 'tis plain that poets feign | A |
| And from the truth depart | B |
| They write with ease what fibs they please | C |
| With artifice not art | B |
| Dearer to you the simply true | D |
| The fact without the fancy | E |
| Than this false play of colours gay | F |
| So very vague and chancy | E |
| No doubt 'tis well the truth to tell | G |
| In scientific coteries | E |
| But I'll be bold to say she's cold | H |
| Excepting to her votaries | E |
| The false disguise of tawdry lies | E |
| May hide sweet Nature's face | E |
| But in her form the blood runs warm | I |
| As in the human race | E |
| And in the rose the dew drop glows | E |
| And o'er the seas serene | J |
| The sunshine white still breaks in light | K |
| Of yellow blue and green | J |
| In thousand rays the fancy plays | E |
| The feelings rise and bubble | L |
| The mind receives the heart believes | E |
| And makes each pleasure double | L |
| Then spare to draw without a flaw | M |
| Nor all too perfect make her | N |
| Lest Nature wear the dull cold air | O |
| Of some demurest Quaker | N |
| Whose mien austere is void of cheer | P |
| Or sense of sins forgiven | Q |
| And her sweet face has lost all grace | E |
| Of either earth or heaven | Q |
Horace Smith
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