On Rover, A Lady's Spaniel Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEEFFBBGHIIJJAA BBKKBBBBLLJMLLNOBBPP GGQQBBKKBBRRBB| INSTRUCTIONS TO A PAINTER | A |
| - | |
| Happiest of the spaniel race | B |
| Painter with thy colours grace | B |
| Draw his forehead large and high | C |
| Draw his blue and humid eye | C |
| Draw his neck so smooth and round | D |
| Little neck with ribbons bound | D |
| And the muscly swelling breast | E |
| Where the Loves and Graces rest | E |
| And the spreading even back | F |
| Soft and sleek and glossy black | F |
| And the tail that gently twines | B |
| Like the tendrils of the vines | B |
| And the silky twisted hair | G |
| Shadowing thick the velvet ear | H |
| Velvet ears which hanging low | I |
| O'er the veiny temples flow | I |
| With a proper light and shade | J |
| Let the winding hoop be laid | J |
| And within that arching bower | A |
| Secret circle mystic power | A |
| In a downy slumber place | B |
| Happiest of the spaniel race | B |
| While the soft respiring dame | K |
| Glowing with the softest flame | K |
| On the ravish'd favourite pours | B |
| Balmy dews ambrosial showers | B |
| With thy utmost skill express | B |
| Nature in her richest dress | B |
| Limpid rivers smoothly flowing | L |
| Orchards by those rivers blowing | L |
| Curling woodbine myrtle shade | J |
| And the gay enamell'd mead | M |
| Where the linnets sit and sing | L |
| Little sportlings of the spring | L |
| Where the breathing field and grove | N |
| Soothe the heart and kindle love | O |
| Here for me and for the Muse | B |
| Colours of resemblance choose | B |
| Make of lineaments divine | P |
| Daply female spaniels shine | P |
| Pretty fondlings of the fair | G |
| Gentle damsels' gentle care | G |
| But to one alone impart | Q |
| All the flattery of thy art | Q |
| Crowd each feature crowd each grace | B |
| Which complete the desperate face | B |
| Let the spotted wanton dame | K |
| Feel a new resistless flame | K |
| Let the happiest of his race | B |
| Win the fair to his embrace | B |
| But in shade the rest conceal | R |
| Nor to sight their joys reveal | R |
| Lest the pencil and the Muse | B |
| Loose desires and thoughts infuse | B |
Jonathan Swift
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