To A Lady In The Spleen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFG HCHC IJIK| Why lovely Lelia so depress'd | A |
| With wonted Smiles your Eyes adorn | B |
| Drive gloomy Sorrow from your Breast | A |
| And shine out beauteous as the Morn | B |
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| The fair Pendarvis bid me try | C |
| For you to tune my Lyre again | D |
| To your lov'd Presence instant fly | C |
| And sooth you with some joyous Strain | E |
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| But if Pendarvis born to please | F |
| Does in her native Province fail | G |
| Nor can your anxious Bosom ease | F |
| Alas how should my Muse prevail | G |
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| Shall Heav'n that form'd thee wond'rous fair | H |
| Behold thee thus repining lie | C |
| Dependent on that Guardian Care | H |
| To blissful Prospects turn your Eye | C |
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| Lelia thy lovely Form survey | I |
| Let blooming Beauty plead her Cause | J |
| Her pow'rful Empire fleets away | I |
| Too soon alas by Nature's Laws | K |
Mary Barber
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