Fill The Bumper Fair Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDABAB EEEEFGFGH IJIJEEEEH KGKLMGMGH NONOOEOEABAB| Fill the bumper fair | A |
| Every drop we sprinkle | B |
| O'er the brow of Care | A |
| Smooths away a wrinkle | B |
| Wit's electric flame | C |
| Ne'er so swiftly passes | D |
| As when through the frame | C |
| It shoots from brimming glasses | D |
| Fill the bumper fair | A |
| Every drop we sprinkle | B |
| O'er the brow of Care | A |
| Smooths away a wrinkle | B |
| - | |
| Sages can they say | E |
| Grasp the lightning's pinions | E |
| And bring down its ray | E |
| From the starr'd dominions | E |
| So we Sages sit | F |
| And 'mid bumpers brightening | G |
| From the Heaven of Wit | F |
| Draw down all its lightning | G |
| Fill the bumper etc | H |
| - | |
| Wouldst thou know what first | I |
| Made our souls inherit | J |
| This ennobling thirst | I |
| For wine's celestial spirit | J |
| It chanced upon that day | E |
| When as bards inform us | E |
| Prometheus stole away | E |
| The living fires that warm us | E |
| Fill the bumper etc | H |
| - | |
| The careless Youth when up | K |
| To Glory's fount aspiring | G |
| Took nor urn nor cup | K |
| To hide the pilfer'd fire in | L |
| But oh his joy when round | M |
| The halls of heaven spying | G |
| Among the stars he found | M |
| The bowl of Bacchus lying | G |
| Fill the bumper etc | H |
| - | |
| Some drops were in that bowl | N |
| Remains of last night's pleasure | O |
| With which the Sparks of Soul | N |
| Mix'd their burning treasure | O |
| Hence the goblet's shower | O |
| Hath such spells to win us | E |
| Hence its mighty power | O |
| O'er that flame within us | E |
| Fill the bumper fair | A |
| Every drop we sprinkle | B |
| O'er the brow of Care | A |
| Smooths away a wrinkle | B |
Thomas Moore
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