To The Reverend Dr. Swift Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJKK LLMMCCNN| WITH A PRESENT OF A PAPER BOOK FINELY BOUND ON HIS BIRTH DAY NOV BY JOHN EARL OF ORRERY | A |
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| To thee dear Swift these spotless leaves I send | B |
| Small is the present but sincere the friend | B |
| Think not so poor a book below thy care | C |
| Who knows the price that thou canst make it bear | C |
| Tho' tawdry now and like Tyrilla's face | D |
| The specious front shines out with borrow'd grace | D |
| Tho' pasteboards glitt'ring like a tinsell'd coat | E |
| A rasa tabula within denote | E |
| Yet if a venal and corrupted age | F |
| And modern vices should provoke thy rage | F |
| If warn'd once more by their impending fate | G |
| A sinking country and an injur'd state | G |
| Thy great assistance should again demand | H |
| And call forth reason to defend the land | H |
| Then shall we view these sheets with glad surprise | I |
| Inspir'd with thought and speaking to our eyes | I |
| Each vacant space shall then enrich'd dispense | J |
| True force of eloquence and nervous sense | J |
| Inform the judgment animate the heart | K |
| And sacred rules of policy impart | K |
| The spangled cov'ring bright with splendid ore | L |
| Shall cheat the sight with empty show no more | L |
| But lead us inward to those golden mines | M |
| Where all thy soul in native lustre shines | M |
| So when the eye surveys some lovely fair | C |
| With bloom of beauty graced with shape and air | C |
| How is the rapture heighten'd when we find | N |
| Her form excell'd by her celestial mind | N |
Jonathan Swift
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