Apollo's Edict. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEE BBFF AAGG DD HH II JJKK LLMMAAMMBB MMNNOP QQ DD MM GGRR MMMM SS QQTTQQMMUUVVQQWW| Ierne's now our royal Care | A |
| We lately fix'd our Vice roy there | A |
| How near was she to be undone | B |
| Till pious Love inspir'd her Son | B |
| What cannot our Vice gerent do | C |
| As Poet and as Patriot too | C |
| Let his Success our Subjects sway | D |
| Our Inspirations to obey | D |
| Let beaten Paths no more be trac'd | E |
| But study to correct your Taste | E |
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| No Simile shall be begun | B |
| With rising or with setting Sun | B |
| And let the secret Head of Nile | F |
| Be ever banish'd from your Isle | F |
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| When wretched Lovers live on Air | A |
| In Pity the Chameleon spare | A |
| And when you'd make a Hero grander | G |
| Forget he's like a Salamander | G |
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| No Son of mine shall dare to say | D |
| Aurora usher'd in the Day | D |
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| You all agree I make no Doubt | H |
| The Prophet's Mantle's quite worn out | H |
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| The Bird of Fove shall toil no more | I |
| To teach the humble Wren to soar | I |
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| Your tragic Heroes shall not rant | J |
| Nor Shepherds use poetic Cant | J |
| Simplicity alone can grace | K |
| The Manners of the rural Race | K |
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| When Damon's Soul shall take its Flight | L |
| Tho' Poets have the second Sight | L |
| No Trail of Light shall upwards rise | M |
| Nor a new Star adorn the Skies | M |
| For who can hope to place one there | A |
| So glorious as Belinda's Hair | A |
| Yet if his Name you eternize | M |
| And must exalt him to the Skies | M |
| Without a Star it may be done | B |
| So Tickell mourn'd his Addison | B |
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| If Anna's happy Reign you praise | M |
| Say not a Word of Halcyon Days | M |
| Nor let my Vot'ries shew their Skill | N |
| In apeing Lines from Cooper's Hill | N |
| For know I cannot bear to hear | O |
| The Mimickry of deep yet clear | P |
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| Whene'er my Vice roy is address'd | Q |
| Against the Phoenix I protest | Q |
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| When Kelly's Beauties you survey | D |
| Forget they're like the Milky Way | D |
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| When Poets soar in youthful Strains | M |
| No Phaeton to hold the Reins | M |
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| CUPID shall ne'er mistake another | G |
| Not ev'n Eliza for his Mother | G |
| Nor shall his Darts at Random fly | R |
| From Magazines in Rochford's Eye | R |
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| When Boyle's exalted Genius shines | M |
| Distinguish'd in your noblest Lines | M |
| With his own Worth your Patron grace | M |
| And let Maecenas sleep in Peace | M |
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| When you describe a lovely Girl | S |
| No Coral Lips or Teeth of Pearl | S |
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| With Women Compounds I am cloy'd | Q |
| Which only pleas'd in Biddy Floyd | Q |
| For foreign Aid what need they roam | T |
| Whom Fate hath amply bless'd at Home | T |
| Unerring Heav'n with bounteous Hand | Q |
| Has form'd a Model for your Land | Q |
| Whom Fove endow'd with ev'ry Grace | M |
| The Glory of the Granard Race | M |
| Now destin'd by the Pow'rs divine | U |
| The Blessing of another Line | U |
| Then would you paint a matchless Dame | V |
| And raise her to immortal Fame | V |
| Invoke not Cytherea's Aid | Q |
| Nor borrow from the Blue ey'd Maid | Q |
| Nor need you on the Graces call | W |
| Take Qualities from Donegal | W |
Mary Barber
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