Idyll Xii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHH IIJJKKLLCCJJMN OOLLOOL LLLPPQL

Art come dear youth two days and nights awayA
Who burn with love grow aged in a dayA
As much as apples sweet the damson crudeB
Excel the blooming spring the winter rudeB
In fleece the sheep her lamb the maiden in sweetnessC
The thrice wed dame the fawn the calf in fleetnessC
The nightingale in song all feathered kindD
So much thy longed for presence cheers my mindD
To thee I hasten as to shady beechE
The traveller when from the heaven's reachE
The sun fierce blazes May our love be strongF
To all hereafter times the theme of songF
'Two men each other loved to that degreeG
That either friend did in the other seeG
A dearer than himself They loved of oldH
Both golden natures in an age of goldH
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O father Zeus ageless immortals allI
Two hundred ages hence may one recallI
Down coming to the irremeable riverJ
This to my mind and this good news deliverJ
'E'en now from east to west from north to southK
Your mutual friendship lives in every mouth'K
This as they please th' Olympians will decideL
Of thee by blooming virtue beautifiedL
My glowing song shall only truth discloseC
With falsehood's pustules I'll not shame my noseC
If thou dost sometime grieve me sweet the pleasureJ
Of reconcilement joy in double measureJ
To find thou never didst intend the painM
And feel myself from all doubt free againN
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And ye Megarians at Nesaea dwellingO
Expert at rowing mariners excellingO
Be happy ever for with honors dueL
Th' Athenian Diocles to friendship trueL
Ye celebrate With the first blush of springO
The youth surround his tomb there who shall bringO
The sweetest kiss whose lip is Purest foundL
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Back to his mother goes with garlands crownedL
Nice touch the arbiter must have indeedL
And must methinks the blue eyed GanymedeL
Invoke with many prayers a mouth to ownP
True to the touch of lips as Lydian stoneP
To proof of gold which test will instant showQ
The pure or base as money changers know quotL

Theocritus



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