Lines On Marle Field Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFGHHIIJJKK LLMMNNOOPPGFQRSSTU| What is the task that to the muse belongs | A |
| What but to deck in her harmonious songs | A |
| The beauteous works of nature and of art | B |
| Rural retreats that cheer the heavy heart | B |
| Then Marle Field begin my muse and sing | C |
| With Marle Field the hills and vales shall ring | C |
| O what delight and pleasure 'tis to rove | D |
| Through all the walks and alleys of this grove | D |
| Where spreading trees a checker'd scene display | E |
| Partly admitting and excluding day | E |
| Where cheerful green and odorous sweets conspire | F |
| The drooping soul with pleasure to inspire | G |
| Where little birds employ their narrow throats | H |
| To sing its praises in unlabour'd notes | H |
| To it adjoin'd a rising fabric stands | I |
| Which with its state our silent awe commands | I |
| Its endless beauties mock the poet's pen | J |
| So to the garden I'll return again | J |
| Pomona makes the trees with fruit abound | K |
| And blushing Flora paints the enamel'd ground | K |
| Here lavish nature does her stores disclose | L |
| Flowers of all hue their queen the bashful rose | L |
| With their sweet breath the ambient air's perfumed | M |
| Nor is thereby their fragrant stores consumed | M |
| O'er the fair landscape sportive zephyrs scud | N |
| And by kind force display the infant bud | N |
| The vegetable kind here rear their head | O |
| By kindly showers and heaven's indulgence fed | O |
| Of fabled nymphs such were the sacred haunts | P |
| But real nymphs this charming dwelling vaunts | P |
| Now to the greenhouse let's awhile retire | G |
| To shun the heat of Sol's infectious fire | F |
| Immortal authors grace this cool retreat | Q |
| Of ancient times and of a modern date | R |
| Here would my praises and my fancy dwell | S |
| But it alas description does excel | S |
| O may this sweet this beautiful abode | T |
| Remain the charge of the eternal God | U |
James Thomson
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