Written From Dublin, To A Lady In The Country. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCD EEAAFF GGAAHH IIJJHH KKAAHHHHAA LLAAMNHHOO AAPQHHAA RRGGSSA wretch in smoaky Dublin pent | A |
Who rarely sees the Firmament | A |
You graciously invite to view | B |
The Sun's enliv'ning Rays with you | B |
To change the Town for flow'ry Meads | C |
And sing beneath the sylvan Shades | D |
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You're kind in vain It will not be | E |
Retirement was deny'd to me | E |
Doom'd by inexorable Fate | A |
To pass thro' crouded Scenes I hate | A |
O with what Joy could I survey | F |
The rising glorious Source of Day | F |
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Attend the Shepherd's fleecy Care | G |
Transported with the vernal Air | G |
Behold the Meadow's painted Pride | A |
Or see the limpid Waters glide | A |
Survey the distant shaded Hills | H |
And pensive hear the murm'ring Rills | H |
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Thro' your Versailles with Pleasure rove | I |
Admire the Gardens and the Grove | I |
See Nature's bounteous Hand adorn | J |
The blushing Peach and blooming Thorn | J |
Beheld the Birds distend their Throats | H |
And hear their wild melodious Notes | H |
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Delighted thro' your Pastures roam | K |
Or see the Kine come lowing home | K |
Whose od'rous Breaths a Joy impart | A |
That sooths the Sense and glads the Heart | A |
With Pleasure view the frothing Pails | H |
And silent hear the creaking Rails | H |
See whistling Hinds attend their Ploughs | H |
Who never hear of broken Vows | H |
Where no Ambition to be great | A |
E'er taught the Nymph or Swain Deccit | A |
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Thus thro' the Day delighted run | L |
Then raptur'd view the setting Sun | L |
The rich diffufive God behold | A |
On distant Mountains pouring Gold | A |
Gilding the beauteous rising Spire | M |
While Crystal Windows glow with Fire | N |
Gaze till he quit the Western Skies | H |
And long to see his Sister rise | H |
Prefer the silent Silver Moon | O |
To the too radiant noisy Noon | O |
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Or Northward turn with new Delight | A |
To mark what Triumphs wait the Night | A |
When Shepherds think the Heav'ns foreshow | P |
Some dire Commotions here below | Q |
When Light the human Form assumes | H |
And Champions meet with nodding Plumes | H |
With Silver Streamers wide unfurl'd | A |
And gleaming Spears amaze the World | A |
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Thence to the higher Heav'ns I soar | R |
And the great Architect adore | R |
Behold what Worlds are hung in Air | G |
And view ten thousand Empires there | G |
Then prostrate to Jehovah fall | S |
Who into Being spake them all | S |
Mary Barber
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