Daphne To Apollo. Imitated From The First Book Of Ovid's Metamorphosis Poem Rhyme Scheme

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Apollo	A
Abate fair fugitive abate thy speed	B
Dismiss thy fears and turn thy beauteous head	C
With kind regard a panting lover view	D
Less swiftly fly less swiftly I'll pursue	D
Pathless alas and rugged is the ground	E
Some stone may hurt thee or some thorn may wound	E
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Daphne aside	F
This care is for himself as pure as death	G
One mile has put the fellow out of breath	G
He'll never go I'll lead him th' other round	E
Washy he is perhaps not over sound	E
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Apollo	A
You fly alas not knowing whom you fly	H
Nor ill bred swain nor rusty clown am I	H
I Claros' isle and Tenedos command	I
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Daphne	J
Thank ye I would not leave my native land	I
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Apollo	A
What is to come be certain arts I know	A
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Daphne	J
Pish Partridge has a fair pretence as you	D
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Apollo	A
Behold the beauty of my locks	K
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Daphne	J
A fig	L
That may be counterfeit a Spanish wig	L
Who cares for all that bush of curling hair	M
Whilst your smooth chin is so extremely bare	M
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Apollo	A
I sing	N
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Daphne	J
That never shall be Daphne's choice	O
Syphacio had an admirable voice	O
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Apollo	A
Of every herb I tell the mystic power	P
To certain health the patient I restore	Q
Sent for caress'd	R
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Daphne	J
Ours is a wholesome air	M
You'd better go to Town and practise there	M
For me I've no obstructions to remove	S
I'm pretty well I thank your father Jove	S
And physic is a weak ally to love	S
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Apollo	A
For learning famed fine verses I compose	T
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Daphne	J
So do your brother quacks and brother beaux	A
Memorials only and reviews write prose	T
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Apollo	A
From the bent yew I send the pointed reed	B
Sure of its aim and fatal in its speed	B
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Daphne	J
Then leaving me whom sure you would not kill	U
In yonder thicket exercise your skill	U
Shoot there at beasts but for the human heart	V
Your cousin Cupid has the only dart	V
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Apollo	A
Yet turn O beauteous maid yet deign to hear	W
A love sick deity's impetuous prayer	M
O let me woo thee as thou wouldst be woo'd	X
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Daphne	J
First therefore don't be so extremely rude	X
Don't tear the hedges down and tread the clover	P
Like an hobgoblin rather than a lover	P
Next to my father's grotto sometimes come	Y
At ebbing tide he always is at home	Z
Read the Courant with him and let him know	A
A little politics how matters go	A
Upon his brother rivers Rhine or Po	A
As any maid or footman comes or goes	T
Pull off your hat and ask how Daphne does	A2
These sort of folks will to each other tell	B2
That you respect me that you know looks well	B2
Then if you are as you pretend the god	C2
That rules the day and much upon the road	D2
You'll find a hundred trifles in your way	E2
That you may bring one home from Africa	F2
Some little rarity some bird or best	R
And now and then a jewel from the East	G2
A lacquer'd cabinet some China ware	M
You have them mighty cheap at Pekin fair	M
Next note bene you shall never rove	S
Nor take example by your father Jove	S
Last for the ease and comfort of my life	S
Make me Lord what startles you your wife	S
I'm now they say sixteen or something more	Q
We mortals seldom live about fourscore	Q
Fourscore you're good at numbers let us see	J
Seventeen suppose remaining sixty three	J
Ay in that span of time you'll bury me	J
Mean time if you have tumult noise and strife	S
Things not abhorrent to a married life	S
They'll quickly end you see what signify	S
A few odd years to you that never die	S
And after all you're half your time away	E2
You know your business takes you up all day	E2
And coming late to bed you need not fear	Q
Whatever noise I make you'll sleep my dear	Q
Or if a winter evening should be long	H2
Even read your physic book or make a song	H2
Your wife your steeds diachalon and rhyme	I2
May take up any honest godhead's time	I2
Thus as you like it you may love again	J2
And let another Daphne have her reign	K2
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Now love or leave my dear retreat or follow	A
I Daphne this premised take thee Apollo	A
And may I split into ten thousand trees	L2
If I give up on other terms than these	L2
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She said but what the amorous god replied	F
So Fate ordain'd is to our search denied	F
By rats alas the manuscript is ate	M2
O cruel banquet which we all regret	N2
Bavius thy labours must this work restore	Q
May thy good will be equal to thy power	Q

Matthew Prior

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