Odes Of Anacreon - Ode Xxiii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEEFFGGBAHHIIJJ GG| I often wish this languid lyre | A |
| This warbler of my soul's desire | B |
| Could raise the breath of song sublime | C |
| To men of fame in former time | C |
| But when the soaring theme I try | D |
| Along the chords my numbers die | D |
| And whisper with dissolving tone | E |
| Our sighs are given to love alone | E |
| Indignant at the feeble lay | F |
| I tore the panting chords away | F |
| Attuned them to a nobler swell | G |
| And struck again the breathing shell | G |
| In all the glow of epic fire | B |
| To Hercules I wake the lyre | A |
| But still its fainting sighs repeat | H |
| The tale of love alone is sweet | H |
| Then fare thee well seductive dream | I |
| That madest me follow Glory's theme | I |
| For thou my lyre and thou my heart | J |
| Shall never more in spirit part | J |
| And all that one has felt so well | G |
| The other shall as sweetly tell | G |
Thomas Moore
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