Ode I: The Preface Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDDC AEEFGGH AIIJKKJ LMMNOON LPPQRRQ LQQMQQS LTTKQQK LQQUVWU| I | A |
| On yonder verdant hilloc laid | B |
| Where oaks and elms a friendly shade | B |
| O'erlook the falling stream | C |
| O master of the Latin lyre | D |
| Awhile with thee will i retire | D |
| From summer's noontide beam | C |
| - | |
| II | A |
| And lo within my lonely bower | E |
| The industrious bee from many a flower | E |
| Collects her balmy dews | F |
| For me she sings the gems are born | G |
| For me their silken robe adorn | G |
| Their fragrant breath diffuse | H |
| - | |
| III | A |
| Sweet murmurer may no rude storm | I |
| This hospitable scene deform | I |
| Nor check thy gladsome toils | J |
| Still may the buds unsullied spring | K |
| Still showers and sunshine court thy wing | K |
| To these ambrosial spoils | J |
| - | |
| IV | L |
| Nor shall my Muse hereafter fail | M |
| Her fellow labourer thee to hail | M |
| And lucky be the strains | N |
| For long ago did nature frame | O |
| Your seasons and your arts the same | O |
| Your pleasures and your pains | N |
| - | |
| V | L |
| Like thee in lowly sylvan scenes | P |
| On river banks and flowery greens | P |
| My Muse delighted plays | Q |
| Nor through the desart of the air | R |
| Though swans or eagles triumph there | R |
| With fond ambition strays | Q |
| - | |
| VI | L |
| Nor where the boding raven chaunts | Q |
| Nor near the owl's unhallow'd haunts | Q |
| Will she her cares imploy | M |
| But flies from ruins and from tombs | Q |
| From superstition's horrid glooms | Q |
| To day light and to joy | S |
| - | |
| VII | L |
| Nor will she tempt the barren waste | T |
| Nor deigns the lurking strength to taste | T |
| Of any noxious thing | K |
| But leaves with scorn to envy's use | Q |
| The insipid nightshade's baneful juice | Q |
| The nettle's sordid sting | K |
| - | |
| VIII | L |
| From all which nature fairest knows | Q |
| The vernal blooms the summer rose | Q |
| She draws her blameless wealth | U |
| And when the generous task is done | V |
| She consecrates a double boon | W |
| To pleasure and to health | U |
Mark Akenside
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