Lines To Health, Upon The Recovery Of A Friend From A Dangerous Illness. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGHG IBIJ BKBK LMLM NANA NONN PBPB KQKQ DPDP| Sweet guardian of the rosy cheek | A |
| Whene'er to thee I raise my hands | B |
| Upon the mountain's breezy peak | A |
| Or on the yellow winding sands | B |
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| If thou hast deign'd by Pity mov'd | C |
| This fev'rish phantom to prolong | D |
| I've touch'd my lute for ever lov'd | E |
| And bless'd thee with its earliest song | D |
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| And oh if in thy gentle ear | F |
| Its simple notes have sounded sweet | G |
| May the soft breeze to thee so dear | H |
| Now bear them to thy rose wreath'd seat | G |
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| For thou hast dried the dew of grief | I |
| And Friendship feels new ecstacy | B |
| To Pollio thou hast stretch'd relief | I |
| And raising him hast cherish'd me | J |
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| So whilst some treasur'd plant receives | B |
| Th' admiring florist's partial show'r | K |
| The drops that tremble from its leaves | B |
| Oft feed some near uncultur'd flow'r | K |
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| For late connubial Fondness hung | L |
| Mute o'er the couch where Pollio lay | M |
| Love Hope and Sorrow fixed her tongue | L |
| Thro' sable night till morning grey | M |
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| There too by drooping Pollio's side | N |
| Stood Modesty a mourner meek | A |
| Whilst Genius mov'd by grief and pride | N |
| Increas'd the blush which grac'd her cheek | A |
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| For much the maiden he reprov'd | N |
| For having spread her veil of snow | O |
| Upon the mind he form'd and lov'd | N |
| Till she was seen to mourn it too | N |
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| O Health when thou art fled how vain | P |
| The witchery of earth and skies | B |
| Love's look or music's sweetest strain | P |
| Or Ocean's softest lullabies | B |
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| Oh ever hover near his bow'r | K |
| There let thy fav'rite sylphs repair | Q |
| Fence it with ev'ry sweet lipp'd flow'r | K |
| That Sickness find no entrance there | Q |
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| So shall his lyre untouch'd so long | D |
| The tone with which it charm'd regain | P |
| Sweet spirit thou shall teach his song | D |
| With mine to breathe the grateful strain | P |
John Carr (sir)
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