To A Young Lady, On Her Birthday Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDEEFFGGHHIIBBB| This tributary verse receive my fair | A |
| Warm with an ardent lover's fondest prayer | A |
| May this returning day for ever find | B |
| Thy form more lovely more adorn'd thy mind | B |
| All pains all cares may favouring heaven remove | C |
| All but the sweet solicitudes of love | D |
| May powerful nature join with grateful art | E |
| To point each glance and force it to the heart | E |
| O then when conquer'd crowds confess thy sway | F |
| When even proud wealth and prouder wit obey | F |
| My fair be mindful of the mighty trust | G |
| Alas 'tis hard for beauty to be just | G |
| Those sovereign charms with strictest care employ | H |
| Nor give the generous pain the worthless joy | H |
| With his own form acquaint the forward fool | I |
| Shown in the mimic glass of ridicule | I |
| Teach mimic censure her own faults to find | B |
| No more let coquettes to themselves be blind | B |
| So shall Belinda's charms improve mankind | B |
Samuel Johnson
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To A Young Lady, On Her Birthday is a poem by Samuel Johnson. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.