Poet Matilda Betham

Matilda Betham

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Rhapsody Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIIJKLMIKNOP LQRSRTIIUVW R

Lo here a cloud comes sailing richly cladA
In royal purple which the parting beamsB
Of bounteous Phoebus edge with tints of goldC
And lucid crimson One might fancy itD
A noble bird that laves its graceful formE
And bathes its rosy bosom in the lightF
Look how it swells and rears its snowy crestG
With haughty grandeur while the blue expanseH
In smiling patience lets the boaster passI
And swell his train with all the lazy vapoursI
That hover in the air an easy preyJ
To the gigantic phantom whose curl'd wingK
Sweeps in these worthless triflers of the skyL
And wraps them in his bosom Go vain shadowM
Sick with the burthen of thy fancied greatnessI
A breath of zephyr wafts thee into nothingK
Scatters thy spreading plumes uncrowns thy frontN
And drives thee downward to thy mother earthO
To mix with vapour and dissolve in dewP
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Such are the dreams of hope which to the eyeL
Of youthful inexperience seem to touchQ
The pure unclouded sky of certaintyR
Buoy'd up by the fond eloquence of thoughtS
And nurtur'd by the smile of vanityR
Each hour the air born vision gathers bulkT
And Fancy decks it with a thousand huesI
Varied and wild till it abounds in charmsI
Which sink the soul to sadness when the breathU
Of gentle Reason breaks the beauteous bubbleV
And leaves us nought but vain regret behindW
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Matilda Betham



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