To Mrs. ....... On Some Calumnies Against Her Character Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DEFFGGHHIIGG| Is not thy mind a gentle mind | A |
| Is not that heart a heart refined | A |
| Hast thou not every gentle grace | B |
| We love in woman's mind and face | B |
| And oh art thou a shrine for Sin | C |
| To hold her hateful worship in | C |
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| No no be happy dry that tear | D |
| Though some thy heart hath harbored near | E |
| May now repay its love with blame | F |
| Though man who ought to shield thy fame | F |
| Ungenerous man be first to shun thee | G |
| Though all the world look cold upon thee | G |
| Yet shall thy pureness keep thee still | H |
| Unharmed by that surrounding chill | H |
| Like the famed drop in crystal found | I |
| Floating while all was frozen round | I |
| Unchilled unchanging shalt thou be | G |
| Safe in thy own sweet purity | G |
Thomas Moore
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