The Reply To Time Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEEFFGDCHIIJJKK LL DMNNOOLL PPNNOOQQRRKKSQBBFFQQ DT| O TIME forgive the mournful song | A |
| That on thy pinions stole along | A |
| When the rude hand of pain severe | B |
| Chas'd down my cheek the burning tear | C |
| When sorrow chill'd each warm desire | D |
| That kindles FANCY'S lambent fire | D |
| When HOPE by fost'ring FRIENDSHIP rear'd | E |
| A phantom of the brain appear'd | E |
| Forgive the song devoid of art | F |
| That stole spontaneous from my heart | F |
| For when that heart shall throb no more | G |
| And all its keen regrets be o'er | D |
| Should kind remembrance shed one tear | C |
| To sacred FRIENDSHIP o'er my bier | H |
| When the dark precincts of the tomb | I |
| Shall hide me in its deepest gloom | I |
| O should'st thou on thy wafting wing | J |
| The sigh of gentle sorrow bring | J |
| Or fondly deign to bear the name | K |
| Of one alas unknown to fame | K |
| Then shall my weak untutor'd rhyme | L |
| Exulting boast the gifts of TIME | L |
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| But while I feel youth's vivid fire | D |
| Fann'd by the breath of care expire | M |
| While no blest ray of HOPE divine | N |
| O'er my chill'd bosom deigns to shine | N |
| While doom'd to mark the vapid day | O |
| In tasteless languor waste away | O |
| Still still my sad and plaintive rhyme | L |
| Must blame the ruthless pow'r of TIME | L |
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| Each infant flow'r of rainbow hue | P |
| That bathes its head in morning dew | P |
| At twilight droops the mountain PINE | N |
| Whose high and waving brows incline | N |
| O'er the white cataract's foamy way | O |
| Shall at THY withering touch decay | O |
| The craggy cliffs that proudly rise | Q |
| In awful splendour 'midst the skies | Q |
| Shall to the vale in fragments roll | R |
| Obedient to thy fell controul | R |
| The loftiest fabric rear'd to fame | K |
| The sculptur'd BUST the POET'S name | K |
| The softest tint of TITIAN die | S |
| The boast of magic MINSTRELSY | Q |
| The vows to holy FRIENDSHIP dear | B |
| The sainted smile of LOVE sincere | B |
| The flame that warms th' empassion'd heart | F |
| All that fine feeling can impart | F |
| The wonders of exterior grace | Q |
| The spells that bind the fairest face | Q |
| Fade in oblivion's torpid hour | D |
| The victims of thy TYRANT POW'R | T |
Mary Darby Robinson
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