Poet Matilda Betham

Matilda Betham

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Vignettes 06: The Lover's Apology Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCB CDCD CEFE GHIH JKLM NOPO

I look'd into her eyesA
And saw something divineB
For there like summer lightningC
Swift coruscations shineB
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Still flashing and still changingC
Attemper'd soft and brightD
Through each expression rangingC
From pity to delightD
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From high or zealous feelingC
From arch excursive graceE
From all with which a lovely mindF
Endows the human faceE
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Perhaps a new and careless eyeG
May not those beauties seeH
And wonder to behold the powerI
Belinda has with meH
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The spell which holds this captive soulJ
She never would possessK
Were not her varying features rul'dL
By sparkling playfulnessM
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But when with aimless trackless skillN
Is twin'd a mazy chainO
In the warm foldings of a heartP
Perforce it must remainO

Matilda Betham



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