To The Eleven Ladies Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CCDD EEFF GGBB HHII JJKK LLMM NNEE OOPP| WHO PRESENTED ME WITH A SILVER LOVING CUP | A |
| ON THE TWENTY NINTH OF AUGUST M DCCC LXXXIX | B |
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| 'WHO gave this cup ' The secret thou wouldst steal | C |
| Its brimming flood forbids it to reveal | C |
| No mortal's eye shall read it till he first | D |
| Cool the red throat of thirst | D |
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| If on the golden floor one draught remain | E |
| Trust me thy careful search will be in vain | E |
| Not till the bowl is emptied shalt thou know | F |
| The names enrolled below | F |
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| Deeper than Truth lies buried in her well | G |
| Those modest names the graven letters spell | G |
| Hide from the sight but wait and thou shalt see | B |
| Who the good angels be | B |
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| Whose bounty glistens in the beauteous gift | H |
| That friendly hands to loving lips shall lift | H |
| Turn the fair goblet when its floor is dry | I |
| Their names shall meet thine eye | I |
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| Count thou their number on the beads of Heaven | J |
| Alas the clustered Pleiads are but seven | J |
| Nay the nine sister Muses are too few | K |
| The Graces must add two | K |
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| 'For whom this gift ' For one who all too long | L |
| Clings to his bough among the groves of song | L |
| Autumn's last leaf that spreads its faded wing | M |
| To greet a second spring | M |
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| Dear friends kind friends whate'er the cup may hold | N |
| Bathing its burnished depths will change to gold | N |
| Its last bright drop let thirsty Maenads drain | E |
| Its fragrance will remain | E |
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| Better love's perfume in the empty bowl | O |
| Than wine's nepenthe for the aching soul | O |
| Sweeter than song that ever poet sung | P |
| It makes an old heart young | P |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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