In Imitation Of Anacreon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDEFFGGHIJJKK| Let 'em Censure what care I | A |
| The Herd of Criticks I defie | B |
| Let the Wretches know I write | C |
| Regardless of their Grace or Spight | C |
| No no the Fair the Gay the Young | D |
| Govern the Numbers of my Song | E |
| All that They approve is sweet | F |
| And All is Sense that They repeat | F |
| Bid the warbling Nine retire | G |
| Venus String thy Servant's Lyre | G |
| Love shall be my endless Theme | H |
| Pleasure shall triumph over Fame | I |
| And when these Maxims I decline | J |
| Apollo may Thy Fate be Mine | J |
| May I grasp at empty Praise | K |
| And lose the Nymph to gain the Bays | K |
Matthew Prior
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