To Eliza. (written In Her Album.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD ECEC FGFH IJIJ KLKL MCMC IIII| I dare not spoil this spotless page | A |
| With any feeble verse of mine | B |
| The Poet's fire has lost its rage | A |
| Around his lyre no myrtles twine | B |
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| The voice of fame cannot recal | C |
| Those fairy days of past delight | D |
| When pleasure seem'd to welcome all | C |
| And morning hail'd a welcome night | D |
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| E'en love has lost its soothing power | E |
| Its spells no more can chain my soul | C |
| I must not venture in the bower | E |
| Where Wit and Verse and Wine controul | C |
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| And yet I fear in thoughtless mirth | F |
| I once did say Eliza dear | G |
| That I would tell the world thy worth | F |
| And write the living record here | H |
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| Come Love and Truth and Friendship come | I |
| Enwreath'd in Virtue's snowy arms | J |
| With magic rhymes the page illume | I |
| And fancy sketch her varied charms | J |
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| Which o'er the cares of home has thrown | K |
| A thousand blessings deep engraved | L |
| For every heart she makes her own | K |
| And every friend is free enslaved | L |
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| No Inspiration o'er my pen | M |
| Glows with the lightning's vivid spell | C |
| My soul is sad forgive me then | M |
| My heart's too full the tale to tell | C |
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| Yet if the humblest poet's theme | I |
| Be welcome in Eliza's name | I |
| Then angel give the cheering gleam | I |
| For thy approving smile is fame | I |
Thomas Gent
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To Eliza. (written In Her Album.) is a poem by Thomas Gent. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.