Ode Ix(ii); At Study Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCBDDEFFE GGHIIHJJFKKLMENOON| Whither did my fancy stray | A |
| By what magic drawn away | A |
| Have I left my studious theme | B |
| From this philosophic page | C |
| From the problems of the sage | C |
| Wandering thro' a pleasing dream | B |
| 'Tis in vain alas I find | D |
| Much in vain my zealous mind | D |
| Would to learned wisdom's throne | E |
| Dedicate each thoughtful hour | F |
| Nature bids a softer power | F |
| Claim some minutes for his own | E |
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| Let the busy or the wise | G |
| View him with contemptuous eyes | G |
| Love is native to the heart | H |
| Guide its wishes as you will | I |
| Without Love you'll find it still | I |
| Void in one essential part | H |
| Me though no peculiar fair | J |
| Touches with a lover's care | J |
| Though the pride of my desire | F |
| Asks immortal friendship's name | K |
| Asks the palm of honest fame | K |
| And the old heroic lyre | L |
| Though the day have smoothly gone | M |
| Or to letter'd leisure known | E |
| Or in social duty spent | N |
| Yet at eve my lonely breast | O |
| Seeks in vain for perfect rest | O |
| Languishes for true content | N |
Mark Akenside
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