A Fly About A Glasse Of Burnt Claret. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABC ADEFG AHHHH IJJGG IHHKK ILLMN IHHOO IPPQQ OHHRR OIIOO OIISS OIIOO OTTUU IIIHH| I | A |
| Forbear this liquid fire Fly | A |
| It is more fatal then the dry | A |
| That singly but embracing wounds | B |
| And this at once both burns and drowns | C |
| - | |
| II | A |
| The salamander that in heat | D |
| And flames doth cool his monstrous sweat | E |
| Whose fan a glowing cake is said | F |
| Of this red furnace is afraid | G |
| - | |
| III | A |
| Viewing the ruby christal shine | H |
| Thou tak'st it for heaven christalline | H |
| Anon thou wilt be taught to groan | H |
| 'Tis an ascended Acheron | H |
| - | |
| IV | I |
| A snow ball heart in it let fall | J |
| And take it out a fire ball | J |
| Ali icy breast in it betray'd | G |
| Breaks a destructive wild granade | G |
| - | |
| V | I |
| 'Tis this makes Venus altars shine | H |
| This kindles frosty Hymen's pine | H |
| When the boy grows old in his desires | K |
| This flambeau doth new light his fires | K |
| - | |
| VI | I |
| Though the cold hermit over wail | L |
| Whose sighs do freeze and tears drop hail | L |
| Once having pass'd this will ne'r | M |
| Another flaming purging fear | N |
| - | |
| VII | I |
| The vestal drinking this doth burn | H |
| Now more than in her fun'ral urn | H |
| Her fires that with the sun kept race | O |
| Are now extinguish'd by her face | O |
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| VIII | I |
| The chymist that himself doth still | P |
| Let him but tast this limbecks bill | P |
| And prove this sublimated bowl | Q |
| He'll swear it will calcine a soul | Q |
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| IX | O |
| Noble and brave now thou dost know | H |
| The false prepared decks below | H |
| Dost thou the fatal liquor sup | R |
| One drop alas thy barque blowes up | R |
| - | |
| X | O |
| What airy country hast to save | I |
| Whose plagues thou'lt bury in thy grave | I |
| For even now thou seem'st to us | O |
| On this gulphs brink a Curtius | O |
| - | |
| XI | O |
| And now th' art faln magnanimous Fly | I |
| In where thine Ocean doth fry | I |
| Like the Sun's son who blush'd the flood | S |
| To a complexion of blood | S |
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| XII | O |
| Yet see my glad auricular | I |
| Redeems thee though dissolv'd a star | I |
| Flaggy thy wings and scorch'd thy thighs | O |
| Thou ly'st a double sacrifice | O |
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| XIII | O |
| And now my warming cooling breath | T |
| Shall a new life afford in death | T |
| See in the hospital of my hand | U |
| Already cur'd thou fierce do'st stand | U |
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| XIV | I |
| Burnt insect dost thou reaspire | I |
| The moist hot glasse and liquid fire | I |
| I see 'tis such a pleasing pain | H |
| Thou would'st be scorch'd and drown'd again | H |
Richard Lovelace
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About A Fly About A Glasse Of Burnt Claret.
A Fly About A Glasse Of Burnt Claret. is a poem by Richard Lovelace. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
