To A Lady Who Was Libell'd. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEEFFGH IIAAJJKKDDLM NNOO| When Cynthia Regent of the Tides | A |
| Pale in meridian Pride presides | A |
| A Sov'reign Pow'r the Goddess claims | B |
| O'er Seas and Sea supplying Streams | C |
| The River of the richest Source | D |
| With Ease she turns and checks his Course | D |
| His crystal Clearness can defile | E |
| With ev'ry Filth and Salt as vile | E |
| However strong and smooth and pure | F |
| Her Tyranny he must endure | F |
| Till her Dominion in the Wain | G |
| He clears and is himself again | H |
| - | |
| Thus over black benighted Brains | I |
| Fell Envy baleful Goddess reigns | I |
| O'er mortal Passions pale presides | A |
| Passions the Soul's tumultuous Tides | A |
| Which in their fierce resistless Sway | J |
| Invade all Merit in their Way | J |
| With Ease the clearest Truths confute | K |
| With Ease the purest Worth pollute | K |
| Check ev'ry Virtue in its Course | D |
| And taint impetuous to its Source | D |
| The Current of the fairest Fame | L |
| By forcing Filth into the Stream | M |
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| So are you sully'd for a Season | N |
| Till Rage recoils and yields to Reason | N |
| Then turns the Tide your Credit clears | O |
| And all your real Worth appears | O |
Mary Barber
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