A Young Lady's Complaint For The Stay Of The Dean In England Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGCCHHII JKLLMMNNOOPPQQRRSTUV WW| Blow ye zephyrs gentle gales | A |
| Gently fill the swelling sails | A |
| Neptune with thy trident long | B |
| Trident three fork'd trident strong | B |
| And ye Nereids fair and gay | C |
| Fairer than the rose in May | C |
| Nereids living in deep caves | D |
| Gently wash'd with gentle waves | D |
| Nereids Neptune lull asleep | E |
| Ruffling storms and ruffled deep | E |
| All around in pompous state | F |
| On this richer Argo wait | F |
| Argo bring my golden fleece | G |
| Argo bring him to his Greece | G |
| Will Cadenus longer stay | C |
| Come Cadenus come away | C |
| Come with all the haste of love | H |
| Come unto thy turtle dove | H |
| The ripen'd cherry on the tree | I |
| Hangs and only hangs for thee | I |
| Luscious peaches mellow pears | J |
| Ceres with her yellow ears | K |
| And the grape both red and white | L |
| Grape inspiring just delight | L |
| All are ripe and courting sue | M |
| To be pluck'd and press'd by you | M |
| Pinks have lost their blooming red | N |
| Mourning hang their drooping head | N |
| Every flower languid seems | O |
| Wants the colour of thy beams | O |
| Beams of wondrous force and power | P |
| Beams reviving every flower | P |
| Come Cadenus bless once more | Q |
| Bless again thy native shore | Q |
| Bless again this drooping isle | R |
| Make its weeping beauties smile | R |
| Beauties that thine absence mourn | S |
| Beauties wishing thy return | T |
| Come Cadenus come with haste | U |
| Come before the winter's blast | V |
| Swifter than the lightning fly | W |
| Or I like Vanessa die | W |
Jonathan Swift
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