Odes Of Anacreon - Ode Xlviii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDCCEEFFGGHHEE ID| When my thirsty soul I steep | A |
| Every sorrow's lulled to sleep | A |
| Talk of monarchs I am then | B |
| Richest happiest first of men | B |
| Careless o'er my cup I sing | C |
| Fancy makes me more than king | C |
| Gives me wealthy Croesus' store | D |
| Can I can I wish for more | D |
| On my velvet couch reclining | C |
| Ivy leaves my brow entwining | C |
| While my soul expands with glee | E |
| What are kings and crowns to me | E |
| If before my feet they lay | F |
| I would spurn them all away | F |
| Arm ye arm ye men of might | G |
| Hasten to the sanguine fight | G |
| But let me my budding vine | H |
| Spill no other blood than thine | H |
| Yonder brimming goblet see | E |
| That alone shall vanquish me | E |
| Who think it better wiser far | I |
| To fall in banquet than in war | D |
Thomas Moore
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