Elegy To The Memory Of David Garrick, Esq. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGFG HIII DJDK IIII LMLM ININ OPOQ RSRS TUTU VWVW CXBX AYAY ZUZU IA2IZ| DEAR SHADE OF HIM who grac'd the mimick scene | A |
| And charm'd attention with resistless pow'r | B |
| Whose wond'rous art whose fascinating mien | A |
| Gave glowing rapture to the short liv'd hour | C |
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| Accept the mournful verse the ling'ring sigh | D |
| The tear that faithful Mem'ry stays to shed | E |
| The SACRED TEAR that from Reflection's eye | D |
| Drops on the ashes of the sainted dead | E |
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| Lov'd by the grave and courted by the young | F |
| In social comforts eminently blest | G |
| All hearts rever'd the precepts of thy tongue | F |
| And Envy's self thy eloquence confess'd | G |
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| Who could like thee the soul's wild tumults paint | H |
| Or wake the torpid ear with lenient art | I |
| Touch the nice sense with pity's dulcet plaint | I |
| Or soothe the sorrows of the breaking heart | I |
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| Who can forget thy penetrating eye | D |
| The sweet bewitching smile th' empassion'd look | J |
| The clear deep whisper the persuasive sigh | D |
| The feeling tear that Nature's language spoke | K |
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| Rich in each treasure bounteous Heaven could lend | I |
| For private worth distinguish'd and approv'd | I |
| The pride of WISDOM VIRTUE's darling friend | I |
| By MANSFIELD honor'd and by CAMDEN lov'd | I |
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| The courtier's cringe the flatt'rer's abject smile | L |
| The subtle arts of well dissembled praise | M |
| Thy soul abhorr'd above the gloss of guile | L |
| Truth lead thy steps and Friendship crown'd thy days | M |
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| Oft in thy HAMPTON's dark embow'ring shade | I |
| The POET's hand shall sweep the trembling string | N |
| While the proud tribute to thy mem'ry paid | I |
| The voice of GENIUS on the gale shall fling | N |
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| Yes SHERIDAN thy soft melodious verse | O |
| Still vibrates on a nation's polish'd ear | P |
| Fondly it hover'd o'er the sable hearse | O |
| Hush'd the loud plaint and triumph'd in a tear | Q |
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| In life united by congenial minds | R |
| Dear to the MUSE to sacred friendship true | S |
| Around her darling's urn a wreath SHE binds | R |
| A deathless wreath immortaliz'd by YOU | S |
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| But say dear shade is kindred mem'ry flown | T |
| Has widow'd love at length forgot to weep | U |
| That no kind verse or monumental stone | T |
| Marks the lone spot where thy cold relics sleep | U |
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| Dear to a nation grateful to thy muse | V |
| That nation's tears upon thy grave shall flow | W |
| For who the gentle tribute can refuse | V |
| Which thy fine feeling gave to fancied woe | W |
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| Thou who by many an anxious toilsome hour | C |
| Reap'd the bright harvest of luxuriant Fame | X |
| Who snatch'd from dark oblivion's barb'rous pow'r | B |
| The radiant glories of a SHAKSPERE's name | X |
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| Rembrance oft shall paint the mournful scene | A |
| Where the slow fun'ral spread its length'ning gloom | Y |
| Where the deep murmur and dejected mien | A |
| In artless sorrow linger'd round thy tomb | Y |
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| And tho' no laurel'd bust or labour'd line | Z |
| Shall bid the passing stranger stay to weep | U |
| Thy SHAKSPERE's hand shall point the hallow'd shrine | Z |
| And Britain's genius with thy ashes sleep | U |
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| Then rest in peace O ever sacred shade | I |
| Your kindred souls exulting FAME shall join | A2 |
| And the same wreath thy hand for SHAKSPERE made | I |
| Gemm'd with her tears about THY GRAVE SHALL TWINE | Z |
Mary Darby Robinson
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