Prayer To Our Lady Of Paphos Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEF GHI JAJ KLM NOP QRR AST UV TGW XY

Dapple throned AphroditeA
eternal daughter of GodB
snare knitter Don't I beg youC
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cow my heart with grief ComeD
as once when you heard my farE
off cry and listening steppedF
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from your father's house to yourG
gold car to yoke the pair whoseH
beautiful thick feathered wingsI
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oaring down mid air from heavenJ
carried you to light swiftlyA
on dark earth then blissful oneJ
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smiling your immortal smileK
you asked What ailed me now thatL
me call you again WhatM
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was it that my distractedN
heart most wanted Whom hasO
Persuasion to bring round nowP
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to your love Who Sappho isQ
unfair to you For let herR
run she will soon run afterR
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if she won't accept gifts sheA
will one day give them and ifS
she won't love you she soon willT
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love although unwillingly ''-
If ever come now RelieveU
this intolerable painV
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What my heart most hopes willT
happen make happen you yourG
self join forces on my sideW
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SapphoX
tr BarnardY

Sappho



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