Cupid Sleeping Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDBBEEFFGGHHCCII JK LLMMDDNNOOHHPPHHNNQQ FF| Inscribed to Her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire | A |
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| CLOSE in a woodbine's tangled shade | B |
| The BLOOMING GOD asleep was laid | B |
| His brows with mossy roses crown'd | C |
| His golden darts lay scatter'd round | C |
| To shade his auburn curled head | D |
| A purple canopy was spread | D |
| Which gently with the breezes play'd | B |
| And shed around a soften'd shade | B |
| Upon his downy smiling cheek | E |
| Adorned with many a dimple sleek | E |
| Beam'd glowing health and tender blisses | F |
| His coral lip which teem'd with kisses | F |
| Ripe glisten'd with ambrosial dew | G |
| That mock'd the rose's deepest hue | G |
| His quiver on a bough was hung | H |
| His bow lay carelessly unstrung | H |
| His breath mild odour scatter'd round | C |
| His eyes an azure fillet bound | C |
| On every side did zephyrs play | I |
| To fan the sultry beams of day | I |
| While the soft tenants of the grove | J |
| Attun'd their notes to plaintive Love | K |
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| Thus lay the Boy when DEVONS feet | L |
| Unknowing reach'd the lone retreat | L |
| Surpriz'd to see the beauteous child | M |
| Of every dang'rous pow'r beguil'd | M |
| Approaching near his mossy bed | D |
| Soft whisp'ring to herself she said | D |
| Thou little imp whose potent art | N |
| Bows low with grief the FEELING HEART | N |
| Whose thirst insatiate loves to sip | O |
| The nectar from the ruby lip | O |
| Whose barb'rous joy is prone to seek | H |
| The soft carnation of the cheek | H |
| Now bid thy tyrant sway farewell | P |
| As thus I break each magic spell | P |
| Snatch'd from the bough where high it hung | H |
| O'er her white shoulder straight she flung | H |
| The burnish'd quiver golden dart | N |
| And each vain emblem of his art | N |
| Borne from his pow'r they now are seen | Q |
| The attributes of BEAUTY'S QUEEN | Q |
| While LOVE in secret hides his tears | F |
| DIAN the form of VENUS wears | F |
Mary Darby Robinson
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