Happiness Of A Country Life Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLDMNOPEQR STUVWXYZA2B2C2D2ZE2L F2G2E2H2I2J2K2L2| Oh knew he but his happiness of men | A |
| The happiest he who far from public rage | B |
| Deep in the vale with a choice few retired | C |
| Drinks the pure pleasures of the rural life | D |
| What though the dome be wanting whose proud gate | E |
| Each morning vomits out the sneaking crowd | F |
| Of flatt'rers false and in their turn abused | G |
| Vile intercourse What though the glitt'ring robe | H |
| Of every hue reflected light can give | I |
| Or floating loose or stiff with mazy gold | J |
| The pride and gaze of fools oppress him not | K |
| What though from utmost land and sea purvey'd | L |
| For him each rarer tributary life | D |
| Bleeds not and his insatiatic table heaps | M |
| With luxury and death What though his bowl | N |
| Flames not with costly juice nor sunk in beds | O |
| Oft of gay care he tosses out the night | P |
| Or melts the thoughtless hours in idle state | E |
| What though he knows not those fantastic joys | Q |
| That still amuse the wanton still deceive | R |
| A face of pleasure but a heart of pain | S |
| Their hollow moments undelighted all | T |
| Sure peace is his a solid life estranged | U |
| From disappointment and fallacious hope | V |
| Rich in content in Nature's bounty rich | W |
| In herbs and fruits Whatever greens the spring | X |
| When heaven descends in showers or bends the bough | Y |
| When summer reddens and when autumn beams | Z |
| Or in the wintry glebe whatever lies | A2 |
| Conceal'd and fattens with the richest sap | B2 |
| These are not wanting nor the milky drove | C2 |
| Luxuriant spread o'er all the lowing vale | D2 |
| Nor bleating mountains nor the chide of streams | Z |
| And hum of bees inviting sleep sincere | E2 |
| Into the guiltless breast beneath the shade | L |
| Or thrown at large amid the fragrant hay | F2 |
| Nor aught besides of prospect grove or song | G2 |
| Dim grottos gleaming lakes and fountains clear | E2 |
| Here too dwell simple truth plain innocence | H2 |
| Unsallied beauty sound unbroken youth | I2 |
| Patient of labour with a little pleased | J2 |
| Health ever blooming unambitious toil | K2 |
| Calm contemplation and poetic ease | L2 |
James Thomson
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