To Julia Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD CECE FGFG HIHI BJBJ| Sing lovely Girl to hear Thee sing | A |
| Hush'd is the listening air | B |
| My spirit trembles on the wing | A |
| And no delay can bear | B |
| - | |
| Those down cast eyes that smile supprest | C |
| Thy conscious power betray | D |
| Yet Siren grant the bold request | C |
| Come steal my heart away | D |
| - | |
| See see those ruby lips divide | C |
| An ivory shrine appears | E |
| There Harmony and Love reside | C |
| To ravish mortal ears | E |
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| And hark they from that sweet recess | F |
| Breathe their celestial lays | G |
| The enchanting sounds my thought possess | F |
| With rapture and amaze | G |
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| Still pressing on with strong control | H |
| I feel the lavish strain | I |
| Till drunk with bliss my wilder'd soul | H |
| Reels on the brink of pain | I |
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| Ah how could I so rashly dare | B |
| Contend with Powers divine | J |
| The pride of victory forbear | B |
| My heart is wholly thine | J |
Thomas Oldham
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