James Beattie

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Ode On Lord Hay's Birthday Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDEED FGFGHIJKKJ LMLMNNOPPO QRQRSSTUUT BRBRVVKWWK XYXYPPBPPB ZA2ZA2B2B2GC2C2G VD2VE2MMXF2F2X G2H2G2I2J2J2IOOI NK2NK2L2L2ASSA

A Muse unskill'd in venal praiseA
Unstain'd with flattery's artB
Who loves simplicity of laysA
Breathed ardent from the heartB
While gratitude and joy inspireC
Resumes the long unpractised lyreC
To hail O H thy Natal MornD
No gaudy wreathe of flowers she weavesE
But twines with oak the laurel leavesE
Thy cradle to adornD
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For not on beds of gaudy flowersF
Thine ancestors reclinedG
Where Sloth dissolves and Spleen devoursF
All energy of mindG
To hurl the dart to ride the carH
To stem the deluges of warI
And snatch from fate a sinking landJ
Tremble th' Invader's lofty crestK
And from his grasp the dagger wrestK
And desolating brandJ
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'Twas this that raised th' illustrious LineL
To match the first in FameM
A thousand years have seen it shineL
With unabated flameM
Have seen thy mighty Sires appearN
Foremost in Glory's high careerN
The pride and pattern of the BraveO
Yet pure from lust of blood their sireP
And from Ambition's wild desireP
They triumph'd but to saveO
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The Muse with joy attends their wayQ
The vale of Peace alongR
There to its Lord the village gayQ
Renews the grateful songR
Yon castle's glittering towers containS
No pit of wo nor clanking chainS
Nor to the suppliant's wail resoundT
The open doors the needy blessU
Th' unfriended hail their calm recessU
And gladness smiles aroundT
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There to the sympathetic heartB
Life's best delights belongR
To mitigate the mourner's smartB
To guard the weak from wrongR
Ye Sons of Luxury be wiseV
Know happiness for ever fliesV
The cold and solitary breastK
Then let the social instinct glowW
And learn to feel another's woW
And in his joy be bless'dK
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O yet ere Pleasure plant her snareX
For unsuspecting youthY
Ere Flattery her song prepareX
To check the voice of TruthY
O may his country's guardian PowerP
Attend the slumbering Infant's bowerP
And bright inspiring dreams impartB
To rouse th' hereditary fireP
To kindle each sublime desireP
Exalt and warm the heartB
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Swift to reward a Parent's fearsZ
A Parent's hopes to crownA2
Roll on in peace ye blooming yearsZ
That rear him to renownA2
When in his finish'd form and faceB2
Admiring multitudes shall traceB2
Each patrimonial charm combinedG
The courteous yet majestic mienC2
The liberal smile the look sereneC2
The great and gentle mindG
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Yet though thou draw a nation's eyesV
And win a nation's loveD2
Let not thy towering mind despiseV
The village and the groveE2
No slander there shall wound thy fameM
No ruffian take his deadly aimM
No rival weave the secret snareX
For Innocence with angel smileF2
Simplicity that knows no guileF2
And Love and Peace are thereX
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When winds the mountain oak assailG2
And lay its glories wasteH2
Content may slumber in the valeG2
Unconscious of the blastI2
Through scenes of tumult while we roamJ2
The heart alas is ne'er at homeJ2
It hopes in time to roam no moreI
The mariner not vainly braveO
Combats the storm and rides the waveO
To rest at last on shoreI
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Ye proud ye selfish ye severeN
How vain your mask of stateK2
The good alone have joy sincereN
The good alone are greatK2
Great when amid the vale of peaceL2
They bid the plaint of sorrow ceaseL2
And hear the voice of artless praiseA
As when along the trophied plainS
Sublime they lead the victor trainS
While shouting nations gazeA

James Beattie



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