Tibullus To Sulpicia Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE AFAF GHGH BIBI JCJC| nulla tuum nobis subducet femina lectum etc Lib iv Carm | A |
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| Never shall woman's smile have power | B |
| To win me from those gentle charms | C |
| Thus swore I in that happy hour | B |
| When Love first gave thee to my arms | C |
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| And still alone thou charm'st my sight | D |
| Still tho' our city proudly shine | E |
| With forms and faces fair and bright | D |
| I see none fair or bright but thine | E |
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| Would thou wert fair for only me | A |
| And couldst no heart but mine allure | F |
| To all men else unpleasing be | A |
| So shall I feel my prize secure | F |
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| Oh love like mine ne'er wants the zest | G |
| Of others' envy others' praise | H |
| But in its silence safely blest | G |
| Broods o'er a bliss it ne'er betrays | H |
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| Charm of my life by whose sweet power | B |
| All cares are husht all ills subdued | I |
| My light in even the darkest hour | B |
| My crowd in deepest solitude | I |
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| No not tho' heaven itself sent down | J |
| Some maid of more than heavenly charms | C |
| With bliss undreamt thy bard to crown | J |
| Would he for her forsake those arms | C |
Thomas Moore
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