An Ode To Mr. Howard Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF HIHI JKJK LMLN OFOF PDPB KQKQ| Dear Howard from the soft assaults of love | A |
| Poets and painters never are secure | B |
| Can I untouch'd the fair one's passions move | C |
| Or thou draw beauty and not feel its power | D |
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| To great Appelles when young Ammon brought | E |
| The darling idol of his captive heart | F |
| And the pleased nymph with kind attention sat | G |
| To have her charms recorded by his art | F |
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| The amorous master own'd her potent eyes | H |
| Sigh'd when he look'd and trembled as he drew | I |
| Each flowing line confirm'd his first surprise | H |
| And as the piece advanced the passion grew | I |
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| While Philip's son while Venus' son was near | J |
| What different tortures does his bosom feel | K |
| Great was the rival and the god severe | J |
| Nor could he hide his flame nor durst reveal | K |
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| The prince renown'd in bounty as in arms | L |
| With pity saw the ill conceal'd distress | M |
| Quitted his title to Campaspe's charms | L |
| And gave the fair one to the friend's embrace | N |
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| Thus the more beauteous Cloe sat to thee | O |
| Good Howard emulous of the Grecian art | F |
| But happy thou from Cupid's arrow free | O |
| And flames that pierced thy predecessor's heart | F |
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| Had thy poor breast received an equal pain | P |
| Had I been vested with the monarch's power | D |
| Thou must have sigh'd unlucky youth in vain | P |
| Nor from my bounty hadst thou found a cure | B |
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| Though to convince thee that the friend did feel | K |
| A kind concern for thy ill fated care | Q |
| I would have sooth'd thy flame I could not heal | K |
| Given thee the world though I withheld the fair | Q |
Matthew Prior
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