To Cordelia Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEBEFGGHIHJAAKJKLM NOLOPQQRPR| JULY | A |
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| From pompous life's dull masquerade | B |
| From Pride's pursuits and Passion's war | C |
| Far my Cordelia very far | D |
| To thee and me may Heaven assign | E |
| The silent pleasures of the shade | B |
| The joys of peace unenvied though divine | E |
| Safe in the calm embowering grove | F |
| As thy own lovely brow serene | G |
| Behold the world's fantastic scene | G |
| What low pursuits employ the great | H |
| What tinsel things their wishes move | I |
| The forms of Fashion and the toys of State | H |
| In vain are all Contentment's charms | J |
| Her placid mien her cheerful eye | A |
| For look Cordelia how they fly | A |
| Allur'd by Power Applause or Gain | K |
| They fly her kind protecting arms | J |
| Ah blind to pleasure and in love with pain | K |
| Turn and indulge a fairer view | L |
| Smile on the joys which here conspire | M |
| O joys harmonious as my lyre | N |
| O prospect of enchanting things | O |
| As ever slumbering poet knew | L |
| When Love and Fancy wrapt him in their wings | O |
| Here no rude storm of Passion blows | P |
| But Sports and Smiles and Virtues play | Q |
| Cheer'd by Affection's purest ray | Q |
| The air still breathes Contentment's balm | R |
| And the clear stream of Pleasure flows | P |
| For ever active yet for ever calm | R |
Mark Akenside
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