Ode Xv: To The Evening-star Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBAAC ADEDFGE AHIHJKI JLLMNOL JPJPQQJ JDRDSST JUVWXXV JYZYYYZ WA2B2A2VC2B2 WD2WD2WWW WE2F2E2LLF2 WG2WG2KKW WJYJWWYI | A |
To night retir'd the queen of heaven | B |
With young Endymion stays | C |
And now to Hesper is it given | B |
Awhile to rule the vacant sky | A |
Till she shall to her lamp supply | A |
A stream of brighter rays | C |
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II | A |
O Hesper while the starry throng | D |
With awe thy path surrounds | E |
Oh listen to my suppliant song | D |
If haply now the vocal sphere | F |
Can suffer thy delighted ear | G |
To stoop to mortal sounds | E |
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III | A |
So may the bridegroom's genial strain | H |
Thee still invoke to shine | I |
So may the bride's unmarried train | H |
To Hymen chaunt their flattering vow | J |
Still that his lucky torch may glow | K |
With lustre pure as thine | I |
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IV | J |
Far other vows must i prefer | L |
To thy indulgent power | L |
Alass but now i paid my tear | M |
On fair Olympia's virgin tomb | N |
And lo from thence in quest i roam | O |
Of Philomela's bower | L |
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V | J |
Propitious send thy golden ray | P |
Thou purest light above | J |
Let no false flame seduce to stray | P |
Where gulph or steep lie hid for harm | Q |
But lead where music's healing charm | Q |
May sooth afflicted love | J |
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VI | J |
To them by many a grateful song | D |
In happier seasons vow'd | R |
These lawns Olympia's haunt belong | D |
Oft by yon silver stream we walk'd | S |
Or fix'd while Philomela talk'd | S |
Beneath yon copses stood | T |
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VII | J |
Nor seldom where the beachen boughs | U |
That roofless tower invade | V |
We came while her inchanting Muse | W |
The radiant moon above us held | X |
Till by a clamorous owl compell'd | X |
She fled the solemn shade | V |
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VIII | J |
But hark I hear her liquid tone | Y |
Now Hesper guide my feet | Z |
Down the red marle with moss o'ergrown | Y |
Through yon wild thicket next the plain | Y |
Whose hawthorns choke the winding lane | Y |
Which leads to her retreat | Z |
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IX | W |
See the green space on either hand | A2 |
Inlarg'd it spreads around | B2 |
See in the midst she takes her stand | A2 |
Where one old oak his awful shade | V |
Extends o'er half the level mead | C2 |
Inclos'd in woods profound | B2 |
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X | W |
Hark how through many a melting note | D2 |
She now prolongs her lays | W |
How sweetly down the void they float | D2 |
The breeze their magic path attends | W |
The stars shine out the forest bends | W |
The wakeful heifers gaze | W |
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XI | W |
Whoe'er thou art whom chance may bring | E2 |
To this sequester'd spot | F2 |
If then the plaintive Syren sing | E2 |
Oh softly tread beneath her bower | L |
And think of heaven's disposing power | L |
Of man's uncertain lot | F2 |
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XII | W |
Oh think o'er all this mortal stage | G2 |
What mournful scenes arise | W |
What ruin waits on kingly rage | G2 |
How often virtue dwells with woe | K |
How many griefs from knowledge flow | K |
How swiftly pleasure flies | W |
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XIII | W |
O sacred bird let me at eve | J |
Thus wandering all alone | Y |
Thy tender counsel oft receive | J |
Bear witness to thy pensive airs | W |
And pity nature's common cares | W |
Till i forget my own | Y |
Mark Akenside
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