Ode To Health Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABBCCADD DDEEFFGGHHII DDJKKJLLBB MMFNNL OOPPGQGQCCDIIRSSRD TUDDHNHN VVQQKWXOOW AANNMM AAPPQQYYUUDD AAQQAA

Come bright eyed maidA
Pure offspring of the tranquil mindB
Haste my fev'rish temples bindB
With olive wreaths of em'rald hueC
Steep'd in morn's ethereal dewC
Where in mild HELVETIA's shadeA
Blushing summer round her flingsD
Warm gales and sunny show'rs that hang upon her wingsD
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I'll seek thee in ITALIA's bow'rsD
Where supine on beds of flow'rsD
Melody's soul touching throngE
Strike the soft lute or trill the melting songE
Where blithe FANCY queen of pleasureF
Pours each rich luxuriant treasureF
For thee I'll climb the breezy hillG
While the balmy dews distillG
Odours from the budding thornH
Drop'd from the lust'rous lids of mornH
Who starting from her shad'wy bedI
Binds her gold fillet round the mountain's headI
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There I'll press from herbs and flow'rsD
Juices bless'd with opiate pow'rsD
Whose magic potency can healJ
The throb of agonizing painK
And thro' the purple swelling veinK
With subtle influence stealJ
Heav'n opes for thee its aromatic storeL
To bathe each languid gasping poreL
But where O where shall cherish'd sorrow findB
The lenient balm to soothe the feeling mindB
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O mem'ry busy barb'rous foeM
At thy fell touch I wake to woeM
Alas the flatt'ring dream is o'erF
From thee the bright illusions flyN
Thou bidst the glitt'ring phantoms dieN
And hope and youth and fancy charm no moreL
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No more for me the tip toe SPRINGO
Drops flowrets from her infant wingO
For me in vain the wild thymes bloomP
Thro' the forest flings perfumeP
In vain I climb th'embroider'd hillG
To breathe the clear autumnal airQ
In vain I quaff the lucid rillG
Since jocund HEALTH delights not thereQ
To greet my heart no more I viewC
With sparkling eye the silv'ry dewC
Sprinkling May's tears upon the folded roseD
As low it droops its young and blushing headI
Press'd by grey twilight to its mossy bedI
No more I lave amidst the tideR
Or bound along the tufted groveS
Or o'er enamel'd meadows roveS
Where on Zephyr's pinions glideR
Salubrious airs that waft the nymph reposeD
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Lightly o'er the yellow heathT
Steals thy soft and fragrant breathU
Breath inhal'd from musky flow'rsD
Newly bath'd in perfum'd show'rsD
See the rosy finger'd mornH
Opes her bright refulgent eyeN
Hills and valleys to adornH
While from her burning glance the scatter'd vapours flyN
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Soon ah soon the painted sceneV
The hill's blue top the valley's greenV
Midst clouds of snow and whirlwinds drearQ
Shall cold and comfortless appearQ
The howling blast shall strip the plainK
And bid my pensive bosom learnW
Tho' NATURE's face shall smile againX
And on the glowing breast of SpringO
Creation all her gems shall flingO
YOUTH's April morn shall ne'er returnW
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Then come Oh quickly come Hygeian MaidA
Each throbbing pulse each quiv'ring nerve pervadeA
Flash thy bright fires across my languid eyeN
Tint my pale visage with thy roseate dieN
Bid my heart's current own a temp'rate glowM
And from its crimson source in tepid channels flowM
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O HEALTH celestial Nymph without thy aidA
Creation sickens in oblivions shadeA
Along the drear and solitary gloomP
We steal on thorny footsteps to the tombP
Youth age wealth poverty alike agreeQ
To live is anguish when depriv'd of TheeQ
To THEE indulgent Heav'n benignly gaveY
The touch to heal the extacy to saveY
The balmy incense of thy fost'ring breathU
Wafts the wan victim from the fangs of DeathU
Robs the grim Tyrant of his trembling prizeD
Cheers the faint soul and lifts it to the skiesD
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Let not the gentle rose thy bounty drestA
To meet the rising son with od'rous breastA
Which glow'd with artless tints at noon tide hourQ
And shed soft tears upon each drooping flowerQ
With with'ring anguish mourn the parting DayA
Shrink to the Earth and sorrowing fade awayA

Mary Darby Robinson



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