An Elegy On Mrs. Thompson Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIHJ KKLLMM| Unhappy fair by fatal love betray'd | A |
| Must then thy beauties thus untimely fade | A |
| And all thy blooming soft inspiring charms | B |
| Become a prey to Death's destructive arms | B |
| Though short thy day and transient like the wind | C |
| How far more blest than those yet left behind | C |
| Safe in the grave thy griefs with thee remain | D |
| And life's tempestuous billows break in vain | D |
| Ye tender nymphs in lawless pastimes gay | E |
| Who heedless down the paths of pleasures stray | E |
| Though long secure with blissful joys elate | F |
| Yet pause and think of Arabella's fate | F |
| For such may be your unexpected doom | G |
| And your next pleasures lull you in the tomb | G |
| But let it be the muse's gentle care | H |
| To shield from envy's rage the mould'ring fair | H |
| To draw a veil o'er faults she can't defend | I |
| And what prudes have devour'd leave time to end | I |
| Be it her part to drop a pitying tear | H |
| And mourning sigh around thy sable bier | J |
| Nor shall thy woes long glad th'ill natur'd crowd | K |
| Silent to praise and in detraction loud | K |
| When scandal that through life each worth destroys | L |
| And malice that embitters all our joys | L |
| Shall in some ill starr'd wretch find later stains | M |
| And let thine rest forgot as thy remains | M |
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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