Horace: Book Ii. Ode 9 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEG HIHJ AKK LMLM| Clouds do not always veil the skies | A |
| Nor showers immerse the verdant plain | B |
| Nor do the billows always rise | A |
| Or storms afflict the ruffled main | B |
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| Nor Valgius on the Armenian shores | C |
| Do the chain'd waters always freeze | D |
| Not always furious Boreas roars | C |
| Or bends with violent force the trees | D |
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| But you are ever drown'd in tears | E |
| For Mystes dead you ever mourn | F |
| No setting Sol can ease your cares | E |
| But find you sad at his return | G |
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| The wise experienced Grecian sage | H |
| Mourn'd not Antilochus so long | I |
| Nor did King Priam's hoary age | H |
| So much lament his slaughter'd son | J |
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| Leave off at length these woman's sighs | A |
| Augustus' number'd trophies sing | K |
| To whom all nations tribute bring | K |
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| Niphates rolls an humbler wave | L |
| At length th' undaunted Scythian yields | M |
| Content to live the Roman slave | L |
| And scarce forsakes his native fields | M |
Samuel Johnson
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