Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF GGHHII| Not the soft sighs of vernal gales | A |
| The fragrance of the flowery vales | A |
| The murmurs of the crystal rill | B |
| The vocal grove the verdant hill | B |
| Not all their charms though all unite | C |
| Can touch my bosom with delight | C |
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| Not all the gems on India's shore | D |
| Not all Peru's unbounded store | D |
| Not all the power nor all the fame | E |
| That heroes kings or poets claim | E |
| Nor knowledge which the learn'd approve | F |
| To form one wish my soul can move | F |
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| Yet Nature's charms allure my eyes | G |
| And knowledge wealth and fame I prize | G |
| Fame wealth and knowledge I obtain | H |
| Nor seek I Nature's charms in vain | H |
| In lovely Stella all combine | I |
| And lovely Stella thou art mine | I |
Samuel Johnson
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