Verses On A Butterfly Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJ KK| Fair Child of Sun and Summer we behold | A |
| With eager eyes thy wings bedropp'd with gold | A |
| The purple spots that o'er thy mantle spread | B |
| The sapphire's lively blue the ruby's red | B |
| Ten thousand various blended tints surprise | C |
| Beyond the rainbow's hues or peacock's eyes | C |
| Not Judah's king in eastern pomp array'd | D |
| Whose charms allur'd from far the Sheban maid | D |
| High on his glitt'ring throne like you could shine | E |
| Nature's completest miniature divine | E |
| For thee the rose her balmy buds renews | F |
| And silver lilies fill their cups with dews | F |
| Flora for thee the laughing fields perfumes | G |
| For thee Pomona sheds her choicest blooms | G |
| Soft Zephyr wafts thee on his gentlest gales | H |
| O'er Hackwood's sunny hill and verdant vales | H |
| For thee gay queen of insects do we rove | I |
| From walk to walk from beauteous grove to grove | I |
| And let the critics know whose pedant pride | J |
| And awkward jests our sprightly sport deride | J |
| That all who honours fame or wealth pursue | K |
| Change but the name of things they hunt for you | K |
Joseph Warton
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