Tho' Humble The Banquet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEG HIHI JKJK| Tho' humble the banquet to which I invite thee | A |
| Thou'lt find there the best a poor bard can command | B |
| Eyes beaming with welcome shall throng round to light thee | A |
| And Love serve the feast with his own willing hand | B |
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| And tho' Fortune may seem to have turned from the dwelling | C |
| Of him thou regardest her favoring ray | D |
| Thou wilt find there a gift all her treasures excelling | C |
| Which proudly he feels hath ennobled his way | D |
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| 'Tis that freedom of mind which no vulgar dominion | E |
| Can turn from the path a pure conscience approves | F |
| Which with hope in the heart and no chain on the pinion | E |
| Holds upwards its course to the light which it loves | G |
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| 'Tis this makes the pride of his humble retreat | H |
| And with this tho' of all other treasures bereaved | I |
| The breeze of his garden to him is more sweet | H |
| Than the costliest incense that Pomp e'er received | I |
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| Then come if a board so untempting hath power | J |
| To win thee from grandeur its best shall be thine | K |
| And there's one long the light of the bard's happy bower | J |
| Who smiling will blend her bright welcome with mine | K |
Thomas Moore
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