Odes Of Anacreon - Ode Lvii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEEFFGGHH IIJJKKKKLMNNBB OOPPQQRR| A | |
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| Whose was the artist hand that spread | B |
| Upon this disk the ocean's bed | B |
| And in a flight of fancy high | C |
| As aught on earthly wing can fly | C |
| Depicted thus in semblance warm | D |
| The Queen of Love's voluptuous form | D |
| Floating along the silvery sea | E |
| In beauty's naked majesty | E |
| Oh he hath given the enamoured sight | F |
| A witching banquet of delight | F |
| Where gleaming through the waters clear | G |
| Glimpses of undreamt charms appear | G |
| And all that mystery loves to screen | H |
| Fancy like Faith adores unseen | H |
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| Light as a leaf that on the breeze | I |
| Of summer skims the glassy seas | I |
| She floats along the ocean's breast | J |
| Which undulates in sleepy rest | J |
| While stealing on she gently pillows | K |
| Her bosom on the heaving billows | K |
| Her bosom like the dew washed rose | K |
| Her neck like April's sparkling snows | K |
| Illume the liquid path she traces | L |
| And burn within the stream's embraces | M |
| Thus on she moves in languid pride | N |
| Encircled by the azure tide | N |
| As some fair lily o'er a bed | B |
| Of violets bends its graceful head | B |
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| Beneath their queen's inspiring glance | O |
| The dolphins o'er the green sea dance | O |
| Bearing in triumph young Desire | P |
| And infant Love with smiles of fire | P |
| While glittering through the silver waves | Q |
| The tenants of the briny caves | Q |
| Around the pomp their gambols play | R |
| And gleam along the watery way | R |
Thomas Moore
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