On Beauty. A Riddle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEEFFGGHHIIDDJK LLMMNNOOPQDDOO DDDDRSOOTTUUOO| Resolve Me Cloe what is This | A |
| Or forfeit me One precious Kiss | A |
| 'Tis the first Off spring of the Graces | B |
| Bears diff'rent Forms in diff'rent Places | C |
| Acknowledg'd fine where e'er beheld | D |
| Yet fancy'd finer when conceal'd | D |
| 'Twas Flora's Wealth and Circe's Charm | E |
| Pandora's Box of Good and Harm | E |
| 'Twas Mars's Wish Endymion's Dream | F |
| Apelles' Draught and Ovid's Theme | F |
| This guided Theseus thro' the Maze | G |
| And sent Him home with Life and Praise | G |
| But This undid the Phrygian Boy | H |
| And blew the Flames that ruin'd Troy | H |
| This shew'd great Kindness to old Greece | I |
| And help'd rich Jason to the Fleece | I |
| This thro' the East just Vengeance hurl'd | D |
| And lost poor Anthony the World | D |
| Injur'd tho' Lucrece found her Doom | J |
| This banish'd Tyranny from Rome | K |
| Appeas'd tho' Lais gain'd her Hire | L |
| This set Persepolis on Fire | L |
| For This Alcides learn'd to Spin | M |
| His Club laid down and Lion's Skin | M |
| For This Apollo deign'd to keep | N |
| With servile Care a Mortal's Sheep | N |
| For This the Father of the Gods | O |
| Content to leave His high Abodes | O |
| In borrow'd Figures loosely ran | P |
| Europa's Bull and Leda's Swan | Q |
| For This He reassumes the Nod | D |
| While Semele commands the God | D |
| Launces the Bolt and shakes the Poles | O |
| Tho' Momus laughs and Juno scolds | O |
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| Here list'ning Cloe smil'd and said | D |
| Your Riddle is not hard to read | D |
| I Guess it Fair one if You do | D |
| Need I alas the Theme pursue | D |
| For This Thou see'st for This I leave | R |
| Whate'er the World thinks Wise or Grave | S |
| Ambition Business Friendship News | O |
| My useful Books and serious Muse | O |
| For This I willingly decline | T |
| The Mirth of Feasts and Joys of Wine | T |
| And chuse to sit and talk with Thee | U |
| As Thy great Orders may decree | U |
| Of Cocks and Bulls of Flutes and Fiddles | O |
| Of Idle Tales and foolish Riddles | O |
Matthew Prior
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