A Poet Leaving Athens Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST UV| Speak not too ill of me Athenian friends | A |
| Nor ye Athenian sages speak too ill | B |
| From others of all tribes am I secure | C |
| I leave your confines none whom you caress | D |
| Finding me hungry and athirst shall dip | E |
| Into Cephisos the grey bowl to quench | F |
| My thirst or break the horny bread and scoop | G |
| Stiffly around the scanty vase wherewith | H |
| To gather the hard honey at the sides | I |
| And give it me for having heard me sing | J |
| Sages and friends a better cause remains | K |
| For wishing no black sail upon my mast | L |
| 'Tis friends and sages lest when other men | M |
| Say words a little gentler ye repent | N |
| Yet be forbidden by stern pride to share | O |
| The golden cup of kindness pushing back | P |
| Your seats and gasping for a draught of scorn | Q |
| Alas shall this too never lackt before | R |
| Be when you most would crave it out of reach | S |
| Thus on the plank now Neptune is invoked | T |
| I warn you of your peril I must live | U |
| And ye O friends howe'er unwilling may | V |
Walter Savage Landor
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