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An Ode on a Lost Volume of my Poems Which He Desired Me to Replace that He Might Add Them to My Other Works Deposited in the Library	A
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Strophe I	B
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My two fold Book single in show	C
But double in Contents	D
Neat but not curiously adorn'd	E
Which in his early youth	F
A poet gave no lofty one in truth	F
Although an earnest wooer of the Muse	G
Say while in cool Ausonian shades	H
Or British wilds he roam'd	I
Striking by turns his native lyre	J
By turns the Daunian lute	K
And stepp'd almost in air	L
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Antistrophe	M
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Say little book what furtive hand	N
Thee from thy fellow books convey'd	O
What time at the repeated suit	K
Of my most learned Friend	P
I sent thee forth an honour'd traveller	Q
From our great city to the source of Thames	R
Caerulean sire	Q
Where rise the fountains and the raptures ring	S
Of the Aonian choir	Q
Durable as yonder spheres	T
And through the endless lapse of years	T
Secure to be admired	U
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Strophe II	B
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Now what God or Demigod	U
For Britain's ancient Genius mov'd	U
If our afflicted land	U
Have expiated at length the guilty sloth	V
Of her degen'rate sons	W
Shall terminate our impious feuds	X
And discipline with hallow'd voice recall	Y
Recall the Muses too	U
Driv'n from their antient seats	Z
In Albion and well nigh from Albion's shore	A2
And with keen Phoebean shafts	B2
Piercing th'unseemly birds	C2
Whose talons menace us	D2
Shall drive the harpy race from Helicon afar	E2
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Antistrophe	M
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But thou my book though thou hast stray'd	U
Whether by treach'ry lost	U
Or indolent neglect thy bearer's fault	U
From all thy kindred books	F2
To some dark cell or cave forlorn	G2
Where thou endur'st perhaps	H2
The chafing of some hard untutor'd hand	U
Be comforted	U
For lo again the splendid hope appears	T
That thou may'st yet escape	I2
The gulphs of Lethe and on oary wings	J2
Mount to the everlasting courts of Jove	M
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Strophe III	B
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Since Rouse desires thee and complains	K2
That though by promise his	L2
Thou yet appear'st not in thy place	M2
Among the literary noble stores	N2
Giv'n to his care	L
But absent leav'st his numbers incomplete	U
He therefore guardian vigilant	U
Of that unperishing wealth	O2
Calls thee to the interior shrine his charge	P2
Where he intends a richer treasure far	E2
Than Ion kept Ion Erectheus' son	Q2
Illustrious of the fair Creusa born	G2
In the resplendent temple of his God	U
Tripods of gold and Delphic gifts divine	R2
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Antistrophe	M
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Haste then to the pleasant groves	S2
The Muses' fav'rite haunt	U
Resume thy station in Apollo's dome	T2
Dearer to him	U2
Than Delos or the fork'd Parnassian hill	V2
Exulting go	C
Since now a splendid lot is also thine	R2
And thou art sought by my propitious friend	U
For There thou shalt be read	U
With authors of exalted note	U
The ancient glorious Lights of Greece and Rome	T2
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Epode	U
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Ye then my works no longer vain	W2
And worthless deem'd by me	A
Whate'er this steril genius has produc'd	U
Expect at last the rage of Envy spent	U
An unmolested happy home	T2
Gift of kind Hermes and my watchful friend	U
Where never flippant tongue profane	W2
Shall entrance find	U
And whence the coarse unletter'd multitude	U
Shall babble far remote	U
Perhaps some future distant age	X2
Less tinged with prejudice and better taught	U
Shall furnish minds of pow'r	E2
To judge more equally	A
Then malice silenced in the tomb	Y2
Cooler heads and sounder hearts	Z2
Thanks to Rouse if aught of praise	A3
I merit shall with candour weigh the claim	B3

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To Mr. John Rouse, Librarian Of The University Of Oxford, Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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