To Simplicity Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GCGC HIJI KLKL CCCC MNEN OKOK P| Fair village nymph ah may I meet | A |
| Thy pleasing form where'er I stray | B |
| With open air and converse sweet | A |
| Still cheer my undiscover'd way | B |
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| With eyes that shew the placid mind | C |
| And with no feign'd emotions roll | D |
| With mien that sprightly or resign'd | C |
| Bespeaks the temper of the soul | D |
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| With smiles where not the lips alone | E |
| Receive a brighter vermil hue | F |
| The cheek does warmer roses own | E |
| And the eyes beam a deeper blue | F |
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| Though Fashion's minions scorn thy pow'r | G |
| And slight thee 'cause in russet drest | C |
| Yet Joy frequents thy peaceful bow'r | G |
| And sorrow flies to thee for rest | C |
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| The echoing laugh the rapturous tear | H |
| The smile of friendship gay and free | I |
| Delight but when they are sincere | J |
| And given lovely nymph by thee | I |
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| When my Rosina reads a tale | K |
| Though sweet the tuneful accents flow | L |
| No studied pathos does prevail | K |
| To bid the hearer's bosom glow | L |
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| Her voice to sympathy resign'd | C |
| Each different feeling can impart | C |
| And tell me not we e'er can find | C |
| A modulator like the heart | C |
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| And Mary's locks of glossy brown | M |
| That fall in waves with graceful swell | N |
| In ever varying ringlets thrown | E |
| The fairest curls of art excel | N |
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| Still rob'd in innocence and ease | O |
| Daughter of Truth shall thou prevail | K |
| When Affectation cannot please | O |
| And all the spells of Fashion fail | K |
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| NOV | P |
Matilda Betham
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