To The Honourable Charles Townshend: From The Country Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDC EEFGGFHHIJJIDDKLLKMN JJJJOOPQQPRRSTUS LLVWXV

Say Townshend what can London boastA
To pay thee for the pleasures lostB
The health to day resign'dC
When spring from this her favorite seatD
Bade winter hasten his retreatD
And met the western windC
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Oh knew'st thou how the balmy airE
The sun the azure heavens prepareE
To heal thy languid frameF
No more would noisy courts ingageG
In vain would lying faction's rageG
Thy sacred leisure claimF
Oft I look'd forth and oft admir'dH
Till with the studious volume tir'dH
I sought the open dayI
And sure I cry'd the rural godsJ
Expect me in their green abodesJ
And chide my tardy layI
But ah in vain my restless feetD
Trac'd every silent shady seatD
Which knew their forms of oldK
Nor Naiad by her fountain laidL
Nor Wood nymph tripping through her gladeL
Did now their rites unfoldK
Whether to nurse some infant oakM
They turn the slowly tinkling brookN
And catch the pearly showersJ
Or brush the mildew from the woodsJ
Or paint with noontide beams the budsJ
Or breathe on opening flowersJ
Such rites which they with spring renewO
The eyes of care can never viewO
And care hath long been mineP
And hence offended with their guestQ
Since grief of love my soul oppress'dQ
They hide their toils divineP
But soon shall thy inlivening tongueR
This heart by dear affliction wrungR
With noble hope inspireS
Then will the sylvan powers againT
Receive me in their genial trainU
And listen to my lyreS
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Beneath yon Dryad's lonely shadeL
A rustic altar shall be paidL
Of turf with laurel fram'dV
And thou the inscription wilt approveW
This for the peace which lost by loveX
By friendship was reclaim'dV

Mark Akenside



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