An Ode. The Merchant, To Secure Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDAD EFEF GHGG| The merchant to secure his treasure | A |
| Conveys it in a borrow'd name | B |
| Euphelia serves to grace my measure | A |
| But Cloe is my real flame | B |
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| My softest verse my darling lyre | C |
| Upon Euphelia's toilet lay | D |
| When Cloe noted her desire | A |
| That I should sing that I should play | D |
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| My lyre I tune my voice I raise | E |
| But with my numbers mix my sighs | F |
| And whilst I sing Euphelia's praise | E |
| I fix my soul on Cloe's eyes | F |
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| Fair Cloe blush'd Euphelia frown'd | G |
| I sung and gazed I play'd and trembled | H |
| And Venus to the Loves around | G |
| Remark'd how ill we all dissembled | G |
Matthew Prior
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