Anacreon: Ode 9 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIJKK LMNNOOPPQQRRPPBBSSTU VVAW| Lovely courier of the sky | A |
| Whence and whither dost thou fly | A |
| Scattering as thy pinions play | B |
| Liquid fragrance all the way | B |
| Is it business is it love | C |
| Tell me tell me gentle dove | C |
| 'Soft Anacreon's vows I bear | D |
| Vows to Myrtale the fair | D |
| Graced with all that charms the heart | E |
| Blushing nature smiling art | E |
| Venus courted by an ode | F |
| On the bard her dove bestow'd | F |
| Vested with a master's right | G |
| Now Anacreon rules my flight | G |
| His the letters that you see | H |
| Weighty charge consign'd to me | H |
| Think not yet my service hard | I |
| Joyless task without reward | J |
| Smiling at my master's gates | K |
| Freedom my return awaits | K |
| But the liberal grant in vain | L |
| Tempts me to be wild again | M |
| Can a prudent dove decline | N |
| Blissful bondage such as mine | N |
| Over hills and fields to roam | O |
| Fortune's guest without a home | O |
| Under leaves to hide one's head | P |
| Slightly shelter'd coarsely fed | P |
| Now my better lot bestows | Q |
| Sweet repast and soft repose | Q |
| Now the generous bowl I sip | R |
| As it leaves Anacreon's lip | R |
| Void of care and free from dread | P |
| From his fingers snatch his bread | P |
| Then with luscious plenty gay | B |
| Round his chamber dance and play | B |
| OR from wine as courage springs | S |
| O'er his face extend my wings | S |
| And when feast and frolic tire | T |
| Drop asleep upon his lyre | U |
| This is all be quick and go | V |
| More than all thou canst not know | V |
| Let me now my pinions ply | A |
| I have chatter'd like a pye ' | W |
Samuel Johnson
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
<< Summer Poem
Spring Poem>>