Odes Of Anacreon - Ode Xxxii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEEFF GGHHIIJJKKLLMNMMNMOP| A | |
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| Strew me a fragrant bed of leaves | B |
| Where lotus with the myrtle weaves | B |
| And while in luxury's dream I sink | C |
| Let me the balm of Bacchus drink | C |
| In this sweet hour of revelry | D |
| Young Love shall my attendant be | D |
| Drest for the task with tunic round | E |
| His snowy neck and shoulders bound | E |
| Himself shall hover by my side | F |
| And minister the racy tide | F |
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| Oh swift as wheels that kindling roll | G |
| Our life is hurrying to the goal | G |
| A scanty dust to feed the wind | H |
| Is all the trace 'twill leave behind | H |
| Then wherefore waste the rose's bloom | I |
| Upon the cold insensate tomb | I |
| Can flowery breeze or odor's breath | J |
| Affect the still cold sense of death | J |
| Oh no I ask no balm to steep | K |
| With fragrant tears my bed of sleep | K |
| But now while every pulse is glowing | L |
| Now let me breathe the balsam flowing | L |
| Now let the rose with blush of fire | M |
| Upon my brow in sweets expire | N |
| And bring the nymph whose eye hath power | M |
| To brighten even death's cold hour | M |
| Yes Cupid ere my shade retire | N |
| To join the blest elysian choir | M |
| With wine and love and social cheer | O |
| I'll make my own elysium here | P |
Thomas Moore
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