Solomon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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As thro' the Psalms from theme to theme I chang'dA
Methinks like Eve in Paradice I rang'dA
And ev'ry grace of song I seem'd to seeB
As the gay pride of ev'ry season sheB
She gently treading all the walks aroundC
Admir'd the springing beauties of the groundC
The lilly glist'ring with the morning dewD
The rose in red the violet in blewD
The pink in pale the bells in purple rowsE
And tulips colour'd in a thousand showsE
Then here and there perhaps she pull'd a flow'rF
To strew with moss and paint her leafy bow'rF
And here and there like her I went alongG
Chose a bright strain and bid it deck my songG
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But now the sacred Singer leaves mine eyeH
Crown'd as he was I think he mounts on highH
Ere this Devotion bore his heav'nly psalmsI
And now himself bears up his harp and palmsJ
Go saint triumphant leave the changing sightK
So fitted out you suit the realms of lightK
But let thy glorious robe at parting goL
Those realms have robes of more effulgent showL
It flies it falls the flutt'ring silk I seeB
Thy son has caught it and he sings like theeB
With such election of a theme divineM
And such sweet grace as conquers all but thineM
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Hence ev'ry writer o'er the fabled streamsN
Where frolick fancies sport with idle dreamsN
Or round the sight enchanted clouds disposeE
Whence wanton cupids shoot with gilded bowsO
A nobler writer strains more brightly wroughtP
Themes more exulted fill my wond'ring thoughtP
The parted skies are track'd with flames aboveQ
As love descends to meet ascending loveQ
The seasons flourish where the spouses meetR
And earth in gardens spreads beneath their feetR
This fresh bloom prospect in the bosom throngsS
When Solomon begins his song of songsS
Bids the rap'd soul to Lebanon repairT
And lays the scenes of all his action thereT
Where as he wrote and from the bow'r survey'dU
The scenting groves or answ'ring knots he madeU
His sacred art the sights of nature bringsV
Beyond their use to figure heav'nly thingsV
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Great son of God whose gospel pleas'd to throwL
Round thy rich glory veils of earthly showL
Who made the vineyard oft thy church designM
Who made the marriage feast a type of thineM
Assist my verses which attempt to traceW
The shadow'd beauties of celestial graceW
And with illapses of seraphick fireX
The work which pleas'd thee once once more inspireY
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Look or illusion's airy visions drawZ
Or now I walk the gardens which I sawZ
Where silver waters feed a flow'ring springA2
And winds salute it with a balmy wingA2
There on a bank whose shades directly riseB2
To screen the sun and not exclude the skiesB2
There sits the sacred church methinks I viewD
The spouse's aspect and her ensigns tooD
Her face has features where the virtues reignC2
Her hands the book of sacred love containC2
A light truth's emblem on her bosom shinesD2
And at her side the meekest lamb reclinesD2
And oft on heav'nly lectures in the bookE2
And oft on heav'n itself she cast a lookE2
Sweet humble fervent zeal that works withinF2
At length bursts forth and raptures thus beginF2
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Let Him that Him my soul adores aboveQ
In close communions breath his holy loveQ
For these bless'd words his pleasing lips impartG2
Beyond all cordials chear the fainting heartG2
As rich and sweet the precious ointments streamH2
So rich thy graces flow so sweet thy nameI2
Diffuses sacred joy tis hence we findJ2
Affection rais'd in ev'ry virgin mindJ2
For this we come the daughters here and IH
Still draw we forward and behold I flyH
I fly through mercy when my king invitesK2
To tread his chambers of sincere delightsK2
There join'd by mystick union I rejoiceL2
Exalt my temper and enlarge my voiceL2
And celebrate thy joys supremely moreM2
Than earthly bliss thus upright hearts adoreM2
Nor you ye maids who breath of Salem's airT
Nor you refuse that I conduct you thereT
Tho' clouding darkness hath eclips'd my faceW
Dark as I am I shine with beams of graceW
As the black tents where Ishmael's line abidesN2
With glitt'ring trophies dress their inward sidesN2
Or as thy curtains Solomon are seenO2
Whose plaits conceal a golden throne withinF2
'Twere wrong to judge me by the carnal sightK
And yet my visage was by nature whiteK
But fiery suns which persecute the meekP2
Found me abroad and scorch'd my rosy cheekP2
The world my brethren they were angry grownQ2
They made me dress a vineyard not my ownQ2
Among their rites their vines I learn'd to dwellR2
And in the mean employ my beauty fellR2
By frailty lost I gave my labour o'erX
And my own vineyard grew deform'd the moreM2
Behold I turn O say my soul's desireX
Where do'st thou feed thy flock and where retireY
To rest that flock when noon tide heats ariseB2
Shepherd of Israel teach my dubious eyesB2
To guide me right for why shou'd thine abideS2
Where wand'ring shepherds turn their flocks asideS2
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So spake the church and sigh'd a purple lightK
Sprung forth the Godhead stood reveal'd to sightK
And heav'n and nature smil'd as white as snowL
His seamless vesture loosely fell belowL
Sedate and pleas'd he nodded round his headT2
The pointed glory shook and thus he saidT2
If thou the loveliest of the beauteous kindJ2
If thou canst want thy shepherd's walk to findJ2
Go by the foot steps where my flocks have trodU2
My saints obedient to the laws of GodU2
Go where their tents my teaching servants rearV2
And feed the kids thy young believers thereT
Shou'd thus my flocks increase my fair delightK
I view their numbers and compare the sightK
To Pharaoh's Horses when they take the fieldW2
Beat plains to dust and make the nations yieldW2
With rows of gems thy comely cheeks I deckX2
And chains of pendant gold o'erflow thy neckX2
For so like gems the riches of my graceW
And so descending glory chears thy faceW
Gay bridal robes a flow'ring silver strowsW
Bright gold engrailing on the border glowsW
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He spake the spouse admiring heard the soundC
Then meekly bending on the sacred groundC
She cries Oh present to my ravish'd breastY2
This sweet communion is an inward feastZ2
There sits the king while all around our headsW
His grace my Spikenard pleasing odours shedsW
About my soul his holy comfort fliesW
So closely treasur'd in the bosom liesW
The bundled myrrhe so sweet the scented galeA3
Breaths all En gedi's aromatick valeA3
Now says the king my love I see thee fairT
Thine eyes for mildness with the dove's compareT
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No thou belov'd art fair the church repliesW
Since all my beauties but from thee ariseW
All fair all pleasant these communions shewD
Thy councels pleasant and thy comforts soW
And as at marriage feasts they strow the flow'rsW
With nuptial chaplets hang the summer bow'rsW
And make the rooms of smelling cedars fineM
Where the fond bridegroom and the bride reclineM
I dress my soul with such exceeding careT
With such with more to court thy presence thereT
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Well hast thou prais'd he says the Sharon roseW
Through flow'ry fields a pleasing odour throwsW
The valley lillies ravish'd sense regaleA3
And with pure whiteness paint their humble valeA3
Such names of sweetness are thy lover's dueD
And thou my love be thou a lilly tooD
A lilly set in thorns for all I seeW
All other daughters are as thorns to theeW
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Then she the trees that pleasing apples yieldW2
Surpass the barren trees that cloath the fieldW2
So you surpass the sons with worth divineM
So shade and fruit as well as shade is thineM
I sat me down and saw thy branches spreadT2
And green protection flourish o'er my headT2
I saw thy fruit the soul's celestial foodB3
I pull'd I tasted and I found it goodC3
Hence in the spirit to the blissful seatsW
Where love to feast mysteriously retreatsW
He led me forth I saw the banner rearV2
And love was pencil'd for the motto thereT
Prophets and teachers in your care combineM
Stay me with apples comfort me with wineM
The cordial promises of joys aboveQ
For hope deferr'd has made me sick with loveQ
Ah while my tongue reveals my fond desireX
His hands support me least my life expireY
As round a child the parent's arms are plac'dD3
This holds the head and thatE3

Thomas Parnell



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