Eclogue The Second Hassan Poem Rhyme Scheme

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SCENE the Desert TIME Mid day	A
In silent horror o'er the desert waste	B
The driver Hassan with his camels passed	C
One cruse of water on his back he bore	D
And his light scrip contained a scanty store	D
A fan of painted feathers in his hand	E
To guard his shaded face from scorching sand	E
The sultry sun had gained the middle sky	F
And not a tree and not an herb was nigh	F
The beasts with pain their dusty way pursue	G
Shrill roared the winds and dreary was the view	G
With desperate sorrow wild the affrighted man	H
Thrice sighed thrice struck his breast and thus began	H
Sad was the hour and luckless was the day	A
When first from Schiraz' walls I bent my way	A
Ah little thought I of the blasting wind	I
The thirst or pinching hunger that I find	I
Bethink thee Hassan where shall thirst assuage	J
When fails this cruse his unrelenting rage	J
Soon shall this scrip its precious load resign	K
Then what but tears and hunger shall be thine	K
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Ye mute companions of my toils that bear	L
In all my griefs a more than equal share	L
Here where no springs in murmurs break away	A
Or moss crowned fountains mitigate the day	A
In vain ye hope the green delights to know	M
Which plains more blest or verdant vales bestow	M
Here rocks alone and tasteless sands are found	N
And faint and sickly winds for ever howl around	N
Sad was the hour and luckless was the day	A
When first from Schiraz' walls I bent my way	A
Cursed be the gold and silver which persuade	O
Weak men to follow far fatiguing trade	O
The Lily Peace outshines the silver store	D
And life is dearer than the golden ore	D
Yet money tempts us o'er the desert brown	P
To every distant mart and wealthy town	P
Full oft we tempt the land and oft the sea	Q
And are we only yet repaid by thee	Q
Ah why was ruin so attractive made	O
Or why fond man so easily betrayed	O
Why heed we not whilst mad we haste along	R
The gentle voice of Peace or Pleasure's song	R
Or wherefore think the flowery mountain's side	S
The fountain's murmurs and the valley's pride	S
Why think we these less pleasing to behold	T
Than dreary deserts if they lead to gold	T
Sad was the hour and luckless was the day	A
When first from Schiraz' walls I bent my way	A
O cease my fears all frantic as I go	M
When thought creates unnumbered scenes of woe	M
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What if the lion in his rage I meet	U
Oft in the dust I view his printed feet	U
And fearful oft when Day's declining light	V
Yields her pale empire to the mourner Night	V
By hunger roused he scours the groaning plain	W
Gaunt wolves and sullen tigers in his train	W
Before them death with shrieks directs their way	A
Fills the wild yell and leads them to their prey	A
Sad was the hour and luckless was the day	A
When first from Schiraz' walls I bent my way	A
At that dead hour the silent asp shall creep	X
If aught of rest I find upon my sleep	X
Or some swoll'n serpent twist his scales around	N
And wake to anguish with a burning wound	N
Thrice happy they the wise contented poor	Y
From lust of wealth and dread of death secure	Z
They tempt no deserts and no griefs they find	I
Peace rules the day where reason rules the mind	I
Sad was the hour and luckless was the day	A
When first from Schiraz' walls I bent my way	A
O hapless youth for she thy love hath won	A2
The tender Zara will be most undone	A2
Big swelled my heart and owned the powerful maid	O
When fast she dropped her tears as thus she said	B2
Farewell the youth whom sighs could not detain	W
Whom Zara's breaking heart implored in vain	W
Yet as thou goest may every blast arise	C2
Weak and unfelt as these rejected sighs	C2
Safe o'er the wild no perils mayst thou see	Q
No griefs endure nor weep false youth like me ''	-
O let me safely to the fair return	D2
Say with a kiss she must not shall not mourn	E2
Go teach my heart to lose its painful fears	F2
Recalled by Wisdom's voice and Zara's tears '	-
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He said and called on heaven to bless the day	A
When back to Schiraz' walls he bent his way	A

William Collins

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