Alciphron And Leucippe Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDEEFGHHIIJD KKAA LLMN O POP Q R AQ S A| An ancient chestnut's blossoms threw | A |
| Their heavy odour over two | A |
| Leucippe it is said was one | B |
| The other then was Alciphron | B |
| 'Come come why should we stand beneath | C |
| This hollow tree's unwholesome breath ' | D |
| Said Alciphron 'here 's not a blade | E |
| Of grass or moss and scanty shade | E |
| Come it is just the hour to rove | F |
| In the lone dingle shepherds love | G |
| There straight and tall the hazel twig | H |
| Divides the crook egrave d rock held fig | H |
| O'er the blue pebbles where the rill | I |
| In winter runs and may run still | I |
| Come then while fresh and calm the air | J |
| And while the shepherds are not there ' | D |
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| Leucippe But I would rather go when they | K |
| Sit round about and sing and play | K |
| Then why so hurry me for you | A |
| Like play and song and shepherds too | A |
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| Alciphron I like the shepherds very well | L |
| And song and play as you can tell | L |
| But there is play I sadly fear | M |
| And song I would not have you hear | N |
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| Leucippe What can it be What can it be | O |
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| Alciphron To you may none of them repeat | P |
| The play that you have play'd with me | O |
| The song that made your bosom beat | P |
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| Leucippe Don't keep your arm about my waist | Q |
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| Alciphron Might you not stumble | R |
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| Leucippe Well then do | A |
| But why are we in all this haste | Q |
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| Alciphron To sing | S |
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| Leucippe Alas and not play too | A |
Walter Savage Landor
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