The Origin Of Cupid -- A Fable Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFG HHIIJJ KKLLMM NNOOPP QQRRBB JJSSIIHHFF BBTTUUVT| ON IDA'S mount the gods were met | A |
| A sportive jolly noisy set | A |
| Resolving nectar bowls to quaff | B |
| To revel riot sing and laugh | B |
| For gods will frolic now and then | C |
| And err like earth born sons of men | C |
| From early dawn till setting day | D |
| The jocund hours had roll'd away | D |
| When midst the group Apollo rose | E |
| This serious question to propose | E |
| Who should succeed upon the throne | F |
| When Jupiter their king was gone | G |
| - | |
| MARS first his best excuses made | H |
| War his delight and ancient trade | H |
| Old NEPTUNE vow'd at such an age | I |
| In state affairs he'd not engage | I |
| BACCHUS preferr'd a draught of nectar | J |
| To any monarch's crown and sceptre | J |
| - | |
| At length fatigu'd with idle prating | K |
| With contradiction and debating | K |
| It was propos'd and straight agreed | L |
| A new form'd monarch should succeed | L |
| And each to make the plan expedient | M |
| Should of offer some DIVINE ingredient | M |
| - | |
| MARS offer'd courage train'd to arms | N |
| VENUS her soft bewitching charms | N |
| HERCULES strength proud JUNO grace | O |
| MOMUS his laughing dimpled face | O |
| APOLLO and the SISTERS NINE | P |
| Gave polish'd manners wit divine | P |
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| At length the infant was completed | Q |
| And on a throne of ether seated | Q |
| His beauty aw'd the gazing crowd | R |
| Before his feet each veteran bow'd | R |
| Each hop'd his gentle smiles to prove | B |
| And hail'd the little monarch LOVE | B |
| - | |
| When lo to check the mirthful hour | J |
| Old TIME appear'd with aspect sour | J |
| His hoary locks like silver thread | S |
| Upon his stooping shoulders spread | S |
| quot Vain are your wishes quot cried the sage | I |
| quot In useless toil you now engage | I |
| Think ye with all this vain parade | H |
| To form a god without MY aid | H |
| In all debates am I alone | F |
| For age and wise experience known | F |
| - | |
| Presumptuous wretches you shall prove | B |
| That TIME has pow'r TO CONQUER LOVE | B |
| No settled bliss the Boy shall taste | T |
| My pinions to his shoulders plac'd | T |
| Shall bear him to the world below | U |
| Each change of fortune there to know | U |
| While in each state the wretch shall be | V |
| A SUBJECT VASSAL STILL TO ME quot | T |
Mary Darby Robinson
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