The Prisoner To A Robin Who Came To His Window Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC CDCDCC EFEFCC GHIHCC AJAJCC| Welcome welcome little stranger | A |
| Welcome to my lone retreat | B |
| Here secure from every danger | A |
| Hop about and chirp and eat | B |
| Robin how I envy thee | C |
| Happy child of liberty | C |
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| Hunger never shall distress thee | C |
| While my meals one crumb afford | D |
| Colds and cramps shall ne'er oppress thee | C |
| Come and share my humble board | D |
| Robin come and live with me | C |
| Live yet still at liberty | C |
| - | |
| Soon shall spring with smiles and blushes | E |
| Steal upon the blooming year | F |
| Then amid the verdant bushes | E |
| Thy sweet song shall warble clear | F |
| Then shall I too joined with thee | C |
| Taste the sweets of liberty | C |
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| Should some rough unfeeling Dobbin | G |
| In this iron hearted age | H |
| Seize thee on thy nest my robin | I |
| And confine thee in a cage | H |
| Then poor robin think of me | C |
| Think and sigh for liberty | C |
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| Liberty thou brightest treasure | A |
| In the crown of earthly joys | J |
| Source of gladness soul of pleasure | A |
| All delights besides are toys | J |
| None but prisoners like me | C |
| Know the worth of liberty | C |
James Montgomery
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