A Hymn To Venus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCD EEFFGG FFHHII JKLLMM NNOOHH PPAQRR SSFFTT| O Venus beauty of the skies | A |
| To whom a thousand temples rise | A |
| Gaily false in gentle smiles | B |
| Full of love perplexing wiles | B |
| O goddess from my heart remove | C |
| The wasting cares and pains of love | D |
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| If ever thou hast kindly heard | E |
| A song in soft distress preferred | E |
| Propitious to my tuneful vow | F |
| A gentle goddess hear me now | F |
| Descend thou bright immortal guest | G |
| In all thy radiant charms confessed | G |
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| Thou once didst leave almighty Jove | F |
| And all the golden roofs above | F |
| The car thy wanton sparrows drew | H |
| Hovering in air they lightly flew | H |
| As to my bower they winged their way | I |
| I saw their quivering pinions play | I |
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| The birds dismissed while you remain | J |
| Bore back their empty car again | K |
| Then you with looks divinely mild | L |
| In every heavenly feature smiled | L |
| And asked what new complaints I made | M |
| And why I called you to my aid | M |
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| What frenzy in my bosom raged | N |
| And by what cure to be assuaged | N |
| What gentle youth I would allure | O |
| Whom in my artful toils secure | O |
| Who does thy tender heart subdue | H |
| Tell me my Sappho tell me who | H |
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| Though now he shuns thy longing arms | P |
| He soon shall court thy slighted charms | P |
| Though now thy offerings he despise | A |
| He soon to thee shall sacrifice | Q |
| Though now he freezes he soon shall burn | R |
| And be thy victim in his turn | R |
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| Celestial visitant once more | S |
| Thy needful presence I implore | S |
| In pity come and ease my grief | F |
| Bring my distempered soul relief | F |
| Favour thy suppliant's hidden fires | T |
| And give me all my heart desires | T |
Sappho
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