On Dreams, An Imitation Of Petronius Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBAACC AADE FFGG AAHH IIJJ AAKL AAAA JJJJ AAAA| Petronii Fragmenta xxx | A |
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| THOSE dreams that on the silent night intrude | B |
| And with false flitting shades our minds delude | B |
| Jove never sends us downward from the skies | A |
| Nor can they from infernal mansions rise | A |
| But are all mere productions of the brain | C |
| And fools consult interpreters in vain | C |
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| For when in bed we rest our weary limbs | A |
| The mind unburden'd sports in various whims | A |
| The busy head with mimic art runs o'er | D |
| The scenes and actions of the day before | E |
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| The drowsy tyrant by his minions led | F |
| To regal rage devotes some patriot's head | F |
| With equal terrors not with equal guilt | G |
| The murderer dreams of all the blood he spilt | G |
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| The soldier smiling hears the widow's cries | A |
| And stabs the son before the mother's eyes | A |
| With like remorse his brother of the trade | H |
| The butcher fells the lamb beneath his blade | H |
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| The statesman rakes the town to find a plot | I |
| And dreams of forfeitures by treason got | I |
| Nor less Tom t d man of true statesman mould | J |
| Collects the city filth in search of gold | J |
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| Orphans around his bed the lawyer sees | A |
| And takes the plaintiff's and defendant's fees | A |
| His fellow pick purse watching for a job | K |
| Fancies his fingers in the cully's fob | L |
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| The kind physician grants the husband's prayers | A |
| Or gives relief to long expecting heirs | A |
| The sleeping hangman ties the fatal noose | A |
| Nor unsuccessful waits for dead men's shoes | A |
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| The grave divine with knotty points perplext | J |
| As if he were awake nods o'er his text | J |
| While the sly mountebank attends his trade | J |
| Harangues the rabble and is better paid | J |
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| The hireling senator of modern days | A |
| Bedaubs the guilty great with nauseous praise | A |
| And Dick the scavenger with equal grace | A |
| Flirts from his cart the mud in Walpole's face | A |
Jonathan Swift
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