The Young Author Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIFF JKLLMMFFFFNNOO| When first the peasant long inclined to roam | A |
| Forsakes his rural sports and peaceful home | A |
| Pleas'd with the scene the smiling ocean yields | B |
| He scorns the verdant meads and flowery fields | B |
| Then dances jocund o'er the watery way | C |
| While the breeze whispers and the streamers play | C |
| Unbounded prospects in his bosom roll | D |
| And future millions lift his rising soul | D |
| In blissful dreams he digs the golden mine | E |
| And raptured sees the new found ruby shine | E |
| Joys insincere thick clouds invade the skies | F |
| Loud roar the billows high the waves arise | F |
| Sickening with fear he longs to view the shore | G |
| And vows to trust the faithless deep no more | G |
| So the Young Author panting after fame | H |
| And the long honours of a lasting name | H |
| Intrusts his happiness to human kind | I |
| More false more cruel than the seas or wind | I |
| 'Toil on dull crowd' in ecstasies he cries | F |
| 'For wealth or title perishable prize | F |
| While I those transitory blessings scorn | J |
| Secure of praise from ages yet unborn ' | K |
| This thought once form'd all counsel comes too late | L |
| He flies to press and hurries on his fate | L |
| Swiftly he sees the imagined laurels spread | M |
| And feels the unfading wreath surround his head | M |
| Warn'd by another's fate vain youth be wise | F |
| Those dreams were Settle's once and Ogilby's | F |
| The pamphlet spreads incessant hisses rise | F |
| To some retreat the baffled writer flies | F |
| Where no sour critics snarl no sneers molest | N |
| Safe from the tart lampoon and stinging jest | N |
| There begs of Heaven a less distinguish'd lot | O |
| Glad to be hid and proud to be forgot | O |
Samuel Johnson
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