Stanzas To Time Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD ECCCFBFB GCGCHIHI DFDFCJCK| CAPRICIOUS foe to human joy | A |
| Still varying with the fleeting day | B |
| With thee the purest raptures cloy | A |
| The fairest prospects fade away | B |
| Nor worth nor pow'r thy wings can bind | C |
| All earthly pleasures fly with THEE | D |
| Inconstant as the wav'ring wind | C |
| That plays upon the summer sea | D |
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| I court thee not ungentle guest | E |
| For I have e'er been doom'd to find | C |
| Life's gayest hours but idly drest | C |
| With sweets that pall the sick'ning mind | C |
| When smiling HOPE with placid mien | F |
| Around my couch did fondly play | B |
| Too oft thy a ry form I've seen | F |
| On DOWNY pinions glide away | B |
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| But when perplex'd with pain or care | G |
| My couch with THORNS was scatter'd round | C |
| When the pale priestess of DESPAIR | G |
| My mind in fatal spells had bound | C |
| When the dull hours no joy could bring | H |
| No bliss my weary fancy prove | I |
| I mark'd thy leaden pond'rous wing | H |
| With TARDY pace unkindly move | I |
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| IF SUCH THY GIFTS O Time for thee | D |
| My sated heart shall ne'er repine | F |
| I bow content to FATE'S decree | D |
| And with thy thorns thy roses twine | F |
| Yet e'er thy fickle reign shall end | C |
| The balmy sweets of FRIENDSHIP'S hour | J |
| I'll with my cup of sorrow blend | C |
| And smile REGARDLESS OF THY POW'R | K |
Mary Darby Robinson
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