Ode V: On Love Of Praise Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBC ADEDF AGHGH IJKLK IMNON IPQPQ| I | A |
| Of all the springs within the mind | B |
| Which prompt her steps in fortune's maze | C |
| From none more pleasing aid we find | B |
| Than from the genuine love of praise | C |
| - | |
| II | A |
| Nor any partial private end | D |
| Such reverence to the public bears | E |
| Nor any passion virtue's friend | D |
| So like to virtue's self appears | F |
| - | |
| III | A |
| For who in glory can delight | G |
| Without delight in glorious deeds | H |
| What man a charming voice can slight | G |
| Who courts the echo that succeeds | H |
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| IV | I |
| But not the echo on the voice | J |
| More than on virtue praise depends | K |
| To which of course it's real price | L |
| The judgment of the praiser lends | K |
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| V | I |
| If praise then with religious awe | M |
| From the sole perfect judge be sought | N |
| A nobler aim a purer law | O |
| Nor priest nor bard nor sage hath taught | N |
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| VI | I |
| With which in character the same | P |
| Tho' in an humbler sphere it lies | Q |
| I count that soul of human fame | P |
| The suffrage of the good and wise | Q |
Mark Akenside
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