The Adieu To Love Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDDEEFFGH IIJJKKBBLLMM NNOOFFPPKKIQBB AAPPRRSSTTPPUUVVWWAA LL XXPPPPYYDZA2B2BBPPPP C2C2 D2D2WWSSE2E2MMIQSSMM F2QD2D2PPPPSSG2G2AAP PCCAAZSSZSSH2H2I2I2 VVSSPPSPSP QIB2J2SSSSK2K2VVSSSS PPSSDDSS PPL2L2IILOVE I renounce thy tyrant sway | A |
I mock thy fascinating art | B |
MINE be the calm unruffled day | A |
That brings no torment to the heart | B |
The tranquil mind the noiseless scene | C |
Where FANCY with enchanting mien | C |
Shall in her right hand lead along | D |
The graceful patroness of Song | D |
Where HARMONY shall softly fling | E |
Her light tones o'er the dulcet string | E |
And with her magic LYRE compose | F |
Each pang that throbs each pulse that glows | F |
Till her resistless strains dispense | G |
The balm of blest INDIFFERENCE | H |
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LOVE I defy thy vaunted pow'r | I |
In still Retirement's sober bow'r | I |
I'll rest secure no fev'rish pain | J |
Shall dart its hot shafts thro' my brain | J |
No start'ling dreams invade my mind | K |
No spells my stagnate pulses bind | K |
No jealous agonies impart | B |
Their madd'ning poisons to my heart | B |
But sweetly lull'd to placid rest | L |
The sensate tenant of my breast | L |
Shall one unshaken course pursue | M |
Such as thy vot'ries never knew | M |
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SWEET SOLITUDE pure Nature's child | N |
Fair pensive daughter of the wild | N |
Nymph of the Forest thee I press | O |
My weary sick'ning soul to bless | O |
To give my heart the dear repose | F |
That smiles unmov'd at transient woes | F |
That shelter'd from Life's trivial cares | P |
Each calm delicious comfort shares | P |
While conscious rectitude of mind | K |
Blends with each thought a bliss refin'd | K |
And scorning fear's soul chilling pow'r | I |
Dares court REFLECTION'S dang'rous hour | Q |
To scrutinize with cautious art | B |
Each hidden channel of the heart | B |
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Ah gentle maiden let me stray | A |
Where Innocence for ever gay | A |
Shall lead me to her loveliest bow'rs | P |
And crown my brow with thornless flow'rs | P |
And strew the weedy paths of time | R |
With Resignation's balm sublime | R |
While Rosy SPRING shall smiling haste | S |
On light steps o'er the dewy waste | S |
Eager her brightest gems to shed | T |
Around my verdant perfum'd bed | T |
And in her train the glowing hours | P |
Shall bathe their wings in scented show'rs | P |
And shake the fost'ring drops to earth | U |
To nurse meek blossoms into birth | U |
And when autumnal zephyrs fly | V |
Sportive beneath the sapphire sky | V |
Or in the stream their pinions lave | W |
Or teach the golden sheaves to wave | W |
I'll watch the ruby eye of day | A |
In awful lustre glide away | A |
And closing sink to transient rest | L |
On panting Ocean's pearly breast | L |
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O SOLITUDE how blest the lot | X |
Of her who shares thy silent cot | X |
Who with celestial peace pursues | P |
The pensive wand'rings of the MUSE | P |
To stray unseen where'er she leads | P |
O'er grassy hills and sunny meads | P |
Or at the still of Night's cold noon | Y |
To gaze upon the chilly Moon | Y |
While PHILOMELA'S mournful Song | D |
Meanders fairy haunts among | Z |
To tell the hopeless LOVER'S ear | A2 |
That SYMPATHY'S FOND BIRD is near | B2 |
Whose note shall soothe his aching heart | B |
Whose grief shall emulate his smart | B |
And by its sadly proud excess | P |
Make every pang he suffers less | P |
For oft in passion's direst woes | P |
The veriest wretch can yield repose | P |
While from the voice of kindred grief | C2 |
We gain a sad but kind relief | C2 |
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AH LOVE thou barb'rous fickle boy | D2 |
Thou semblance of delusive joy | D2 |
Too long my heart has been thy slave | W |
For thou hast seen me wildly rave | W |
And with impetuous frenzy haste | S |
Heedless across the thorny waste | S |
And drink the cold dews ere they fell | E2 |
On my bare bosom's burning swell | E2 |
When bleak the wintry whirlwinds blew | M |
And swift the sultry meteors flew | M |
Yes thou hast seen me tyrant pow'r | I |
At freezing midnight's witching hour | Q |
Start from my couch subdu'd oppres'd | S |
While jealous anguish wrung my breast | S |
While round my eager senses flew | M |
Dark brow'd Suspicion's wily crew | M |
Taunting my soul with restless ire | F2 |
That set my pulsate brain on fire | Q |
What didst thou then Inhuman Boy | D2 |
Didst thou not paint each well feign'd joy | D2 |
Each artful smile each study'd grace | P |
That deck'd some sordid rival's face | P |
Didst thou not feed my madd'ning sense | P |
With Love's delicious eloquence | P |
While on my ear thy accents pour'd | S |
The voice of him my soul ador'd | S |
His rapt'rous tones his strains divine | G2 |
And all those vows that once were mine | G2 |
But mild Reflection's piercing ray | A |
Soon chas'd the fatal dream away | A |
And with it all my rending woes | P |
While in its place majestic rose | P |
The Angel TRUTH her stedfast mien | C |
Bespoke the conscious breast serene | C |
Her eye more radiant than the day | A |
Beam'd with persuasion's temper'd ray | A |
Sweet was her voice and while she sung | Z |
Myriads of Seraphs hover'd round | S |
Eager to iterate the sound | S |
That on her heav'n taught accents hung | Z |
Wond'ring I gaz'd my throbbing breast | S |
Celestial energies confest | S |
Transports before unfelt unknown | H2 |
Throng'd round my bosom's tremb'ling throne | H2 |
While ev'ry nerve with rapture strange | I2 |
Seem'd to partake the blissful change | I2 |
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Now with unmov'd and dauntless Eye | V |
I mark thy winged arrows fly | V |
No more thy baneful spells shall bind | S |
The purer passions of my mind | S |
No more false Love shall jealous fears | P |
Inflame my check with scalding tears | P |
Or shake my vanquish'd sense or rend | S |
My aching heart with poignant throes | P |
Or with tumultuous fevers blend | S |
Self wounding visionary woes | P |
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No more I'll waste the midnight hour | Q |
In expectation's silent bow'r | I |
And musing o'er thy transcripts dear | B2 |
Efface their sorrows with a tear | J2 |
No more with timid fondness wait | S |
Till morn unfolds her glitt'ring gate | S |
When thy lov'd song's seraphic sound | S |
Wou'd on my quiv'ring nerves rebound | S |
With proud delight no more thy blush | K2 |
Shall o'er my cheek unbidden rush | K2 |
And scorning ev'ry strong controul | V |
Unveil the tumults of my soul | V |
No more when in retirement blest | S |
Shalt thou obtrude upon my rest | S |
And tho' encircled with delight | S |
Absorb my sense obscure my sight | S |
Give to my eye the vacant glance | P |
The mien that marks the mental trance | P |
The fault'ring tone the sudden start | S |
The trembling hand the bursting heart | S |
The devious step that strolls along | D |
Unmindful of the gazing throng | D |
The feign'd indiff'rence prone to chide | S |
That blazons what it seeks to hide | S |
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Nor do I dread thy vengeful wiles | P |
Thy soothing voice thy winning smiles | P |
Thy trick'ling tear thy mien forlorn | L2 |
Thy pray'r thy sighs thy oaths I scorn | L2 |
No more on ME thy arrows show'r | I |
Capricious Love I BRAVE THY POW'R | I |
Mary Darby Robinson
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