Jove's Eagle, And Murmuring Beasts Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEE FFGH AAII JJKK LLMNOOPPQQ RSTUVWXX| As Jove once on his judgment seat | A |
| Opened the trap door at his feet | A |
| Up flew the murmurs of creation | B |
| Of every brute that had sensation | B |
| The Thunderer therefore called his Eagle | C |
| Which came obedient as a beagle | C |
| And him commanded to descend | D |
| And to such murmurs put an end | D |
| The eagle did so citing all | E |
| To answer the imperial call | E |
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| He spoke Ye murmurers declare | F |
| What are these ills which trouble air | F |
| Just are the universal laws | G |
| Now let the dog first plead his cause | H |
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| A beagle answered him How fleet | A |
| The greyhound's course how nerved his feet | A |
| I hunt by scent by scent alone | I |
| That lost and all my chance has flown | I |
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| Answered the greyhound If I had | J |
| That which he scorns I should be glad | J |
| Had I the hound's sagacious scent | K |
| I ne'er had murmured discontent | K |
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| The lion murmured he had not | L |
| Sly Reynard's wits to lay a plot | L |
| Sly Reynard pleaded that to awe | M |
| He should possess the lion's paw | N |
| The cock desired the heron's flight | O |
| The heron wished for greater might | O |
| And fish would feed upon the plain | P |
| And beasts would refuge in the main | P |
| None their ambitious wish could smother | Q |
| And each was envious of another | Q |
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| The eagle answered Mutineers | R |
| The god rejects your idle prayers | S |
| But any may exchange who wishes | T |
| And chop and change birds beasts and fishes | U |
| The eagle paused but none consented | V |
| To quit the race they represented | W |
| And recognised the restless mind | X |
| And proud ambition of mankind | X |
John Gay
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