Odes Of Anacreon - Ode Xiv Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCBBDEFFGGHHIIJJKK LLMMNNOOPPQQRRSSGGTU| A | |
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| Count me on the summer trees | B |
| Every leaf that courts the breeze | B |
| Count me on the foamy deep | C |
| Every wave that sinks to sleep | C |
| Then when you have numbered these | B |
| Billowy tides and leafy trees | B |
| Count me all the flames I prove | D |
| All the gentle nymphs I love | E |
| First of pure Athenian maids | F |
| Sporting in their olive shades | F |
| You may reckon just a score | G |
| Nay I'll grant you fifteen more | G |
| In the famed Corinthian grove | H |
| Where such countless wantons rove | H |
| Chains of beauties may be found | I |
| Chains by which my heart is bound | I |
| There indeed are nymphs divine | J |
| Dangerous to a soul like mine | J |
| Many bloom in Lesbos' isle | K |
| Many in Ionia smile | K |
| Rhodes a pretty swarm can boast | L |
| Caria too contains a host | L |
| Sum them all of brown and fair | M |
| You may count two thousand there | M |
| What you stare I pray you peace | N |
| More I'll find before I cease | N |
| Have I told you all my flames | O |
| 'Mong the amorous Syrian dames | O |
| Have I numbered every one | P |
| Glowing under Egypt's sun | P |
| Or the nymphs who blushing sweet | Q |
| Deck the shrine of Love in Crete | Q |
| Where the God with festal play | R |
| Holds eternal holiday | R |
| Still in clusters still remain | S |
| Gades' warm desiring train | S |
| Still there lies a myriad more | G |
| On the sable India's shore | G |
| These and many far removed | T |
| All are loving all are loved | U |
Thomas Moore
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