Retirement Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE FGFGHIHI JKJKLMLM NANAOPQP RBRBNSNS TUTUVWVW MEMEXXY ZA2B2A2C2KC2K UD2E2D2F2G2F2G2 H2E2H2E2D2I2LI2| When in the crimson cloud of Even | A |
| The lingering light decays | B |
| And Hesper on the front of Heaven | C |
| His glittering gem displays | B |
| Deep in the silent vale unseen | D |
| Beside a lulling stream | E |
| A pensive Youth of placid mien | D |
| Indulged this tender theme | E |
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| Ye cliffs in hoary grandeur piled | F |
| High o'er the glimmering dale | G |
| Ye woods along whose windings wild | F |
| Murmurs the solemn gale | G |
| Where Melancholy strays forlorn | H |
| And Wo retires to weep | I |
| What time the wan moon's yellow horn | H |
| Gleams on the western deep | I |
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| To you ye wastes whose artless charms | J |
| Ne'er drew Ambition's eye | K |
| 'Scaped a tumultuous world's alarms | J |
| To your retreats I fly | K |
| Deep in your most sequester'd bower | L |
| Let me at last recline | M |
| Where Solitude mild modest Power | L |
| Leans on her ivy'd shrine | M |
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| How shall I woo thee matchless Fair | N |
| Thy heavenly smile how win | A |
| Thy smile that smoothes the brow of Care | N |
| And stills the storm within | A |
| O wilt thou to thy favourite grove | O |
| Thine ardent votary bring | P |
| And bless his hours and bid them move | Q |
| Serene on silent wing | P |
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| Oft let remembrance soothe his mind | R |
| With dreams of former days | B |
| When in the lap of Peace reclined | R |
| He framed his infant lays | B |
| When Fancy roved at large nor Care | N |
| Nor cold Distrust alarm'd | S |
| Nor Envy with malignant glare | N |
| His simple youth had harm'd | S |
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| 'Twas then O Solitude to thee | T |
| His early vows were paid | U |
| From heart sincere and warm and free | T |
| Devoted to the shade | U |
| Ah why did Fate his steps decoy | V |
| In stormy paths to roam | W |
| Remote from all congenial joy | V |
| O take the wanderer home | W |
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| Thy shades thy silence now be mine | M |
| Thy charms my only theme | E |
| My haunt the hollow cliff whose pine | M |
| Waves o'er the gloomy stream | E |
| Whence the sacred owl on pinions gray | X |
| Breaks from the lone vale sails away | X |
| To more profound repose | Y |
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| O while to thee the woodland pours | Z |
| Its wildly warbling song | A2 |
| And balmy from the banks of flowers | B2 |
| The zephyr breathes along | A2 |
| Let no rude sounds invade from far | C2 |
| No vagrant foot be nigh | K |
| No ray from Grandeur's gilded car | C2 |
| Flash on the startled eye | K |
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| But if some pilgrim through the glade | U |
| Thy hallow'd bowers explore | D2 |
| O guard from harm his hoary head | E2 |
| And listen to his lore | D2 |
| For he of joys divine shall tell | F2 |
| That wean from earthly wo | G2 |
| And triumph o'er the mighty spell | F2 |
| That chains this heart below | G2 |
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| For me no more the path invites | H2 |
| Ambition loves to tread | E2 |
| No more I climb those toilsome heights | H2 |
| By guileful Hope misled | E2 |
| Leaps my fond fluttering heart no more | D2 |
| To mirth's enlivening strain | I2 |
| For present pleasure soon is o'er | L |
| And all the past is vain | I2 |
James Beattie
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