Ode To The Muse Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGHII JJIIKKEELLMMNNIILL IIOOPPQRSSTTUUIIIIVV GPHGWWEETTJJII MMAAXXYYZA2B2B2C2GEE D2D2TTE2E2IIAA CCE2E2E2E2F2LLF2RRII G2G2E2E2IIH2H2KK GHI2I2TTAAE2E2 E2E2IIEE| O let me seize thy pen sublime | A |
| That paints in melting dulcet rhyme | A |
| The glowing pow'r the magic art | B |
| Th' extatic raptures of the Heart | B |
| Soft Beauty's timid smile serene | C |
| The dimples of Love's sportive mien | C |
| The sweet descriptive tale to trace | D |
| To picture Nature's winning grace | D |
| To steal the tear from Pity's eye | E |
| To catch the sympathetic sigh | E |
| O teach me with swift light'nings force | F |
| To watch wild passion's varying course | F |
| To mark th' enthusiast's vivid fire | G |
| Or calmly touch thy golden lyre | H |
| While gentle Reason mildly sings | I |
| Responsive to the trembling strings | I |
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| SWEET Nymph enchanting Poetry | J |
| I dedicate my mind to Thee | J |
| Oh from thy bright Parnassian bow'rs | I |
| Descend to bless my sombre hours | I |
| Bend to the earth thy eagle wing | K |
| And on its glowing plumage bring | K |
| Blithe FANCY from whose burning eye | E |
| The young ideas sparkling fly | E |
| O come and let us fondly stray | L |
| Where rosy Health shall lead the way | L |
| And soft FAVONIUS lightly spread | M |
| A perfum'd carpet as we tread | M |
| Ah let us from the world remove | N |
| The calm forgetfulness to prove | N |
| Which at the still of evening's close | I |
| Lulls the tir'd peasant to repose | I |
| Repose whose balmy joys o'er pay | L |
| The sultry labours of the day | L |
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| And when the blue ey'd dawn appears | I |
| Just peeping thro' her veil of tears | I |
| Or blushing opes her silver gate | O |
| And on its threshold stands elate | O |
| And flings her rosy mantle far | P |
| O'er every loit'ring dewy star | P |
| And calls the wanton breezes forth | Q |
| And sprinkles diamonds o'er the earth | R |
| While in the green wood's shade profound | S |
| The insect race with buzzing sound | S |
| Flit o'er the rill a glitt'ring train | T |
| Or swarm along the sultry plain | T |
| Then in sweet converse let us rove | U |
| Where in the thyme embroider'd grove | U |
| The musky air its fragrance pours | I |
| Upon the silv'ry scatter'd show'rs | I |
| To hail soft Zephyr as she goes | I |
| To fan the dew drop from the rose | I |
| To shelter from the scorching beam | V |
| And muse beside the rippling stream | V |
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| Or when at twilight's placid hour | G |
| We stroll to some sequester'd bow'r | P |
| And watch the haughty Sun retire | H |
| Beneath his canopy of fire | G |
| While slow the dusky clouds enfold | W |
| Day's crimson curtains fring'd with gold | W |
| And o'er the meadows faintly fly | E |
| Pale shadows of the purpling sky | E |
| While softly o'er the pearl deck'd plain | T |
| Cold Dian leads the sylvan train | T |
| In mazy dance and sportive glee | J |
| SWEET MUSE I'll fondly turn to thee | J |
| And thou shalt deck my couch with flow'rs | I |
| And wing with joy my silent hours | I |
| - | |
| When Sleep with downy hand shall spread | M |
| A wreath of poppies round my head | M |
| Then FANCY on her wing sublime | A |
| Shall waft me to the sacred clime | A |
| Where my enlighten'd sense shall view | X |
| Thro' ether realms of azure hue | X |
| That flame where SHAKESPEARE us'd to fill | Y |
| With matchless fire his golden quill | Y |
| While from its point bright Genius caught | Z |
| The wit supreme the glowing thought | A2 |
| The magic tone that sweetly hung | B2 |
| About the music of his tongue | B2 |
| Then will I skim the floating air | C2 |
| On a light couch of gossamer | G |
| While with my wonder aching eye | E |
| I contemplate the spangled sky | E |
| And hear the vaulted roof repeat | D2 |
| The song of Inspiration sweet | D2 |
| While round the winged cherub train | T |
| Shall iterate the a ry strain | T |
| Swift thro' my quiv'ring nerves shall float | E2 |
| The tremours of each thrilling note | E2 |
| And every eager sense confess | I |
| Extatic transport's wild excess | I |
| 'Till waking from the glorious dream | A |
| I hail the morn's refulgent beam | A |
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| DEAR Maid of ever varying mien | C |
| Exulting pensive gay serene | C |
| Now in transcendent pathos drest | E2 |
| Now gentle as the turtle's breast | E2 |
| Where'er thy feath'ry steps shall lead | E2 |
| To side long hill or flow'ry mead | E2 |
| To sorrow's coldest darkest cell | F2 |
| Or where by Cynthia's glimm'ring ray | L |
| The dapper fairies frisk and play | L |
| About some cowslip's golden bell | F2 |
| And in their wanton frolic mirth | R |
| Pluck the young daisies from the earth | R |
| To canopy their tiny heads | I |
| And decorate their verdant beds | I |
| While to the grass hopper's shrill tune | G2 |
| They quaff libations to the moon | G2 |
| From acorn goblets amply fill'd | E2 |
| With dew from op'ning flow'rs distill'd | E2 |
| Or when the lurid tempest pours | I |
| From its dark urn impetuous show'rs | I |
| Or from its brow's terrific frown | H2 |
| Hurls the pale murd'rous lightnings down | H2 |
| To thy enchanting breast I'll spring | K |
| And shield me with thy golden wing | K |
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| Or when amidst ethereal fire | G |
| Thou strik'st thy DELLA CRUSCAN lyre | H |
| While round to catch the heavenly song | I2 |
| Myriads of wond'ring seraphs throng | I2 |
| Whether thy harp's empassioned strain | T |
| Pours forth an OVID's tender pain | T |
| Or in PINDARIC flights sublime | A |
| Re echoes thro' the starry clime | A |
| Thee I'll adore transcendent guest | E2 |
| And woe thee to my burning breast | E2 |
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| But if thy magic pow'rs impart | E2 |
| One soft sensation to the heart | E2 |
| If thy warm precepts can dispense | I |
| One thrilling transport o'er my sense | I |
| Oh keep thy gifts and let me fly | E |
| In APATHY's cold arms to die | E |
Mary Darby Robinson
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