Ode To Evening Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGH IJKLMNOPQRQS TUVWXYZA2 B2VC2VPD2E2VVF2G2Q H2I2J2K2VL2PVM2VN2O2| If aught of oaten stop or pastoral song | A |
| May hope chaste Eve to soothe thy modest ear | B |
| Like thy own solemn springs | C |
| Thy springs and dying gales | D |
| O nymph reserved while now the bright haired sun | E |
| Sits in yon western tent whose cloudy skirts | F |
| With brede ethereal wove | G |
| O'erhang his wavy bed | H |
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| Now air is hushed save where the weak eyed bat | I |
| With short shrill shriek flits by on leathern wing | J |
| Or where the beetle winds | K |
| His small but sullen horn | L |
| As oft he rises 'midst the twilight path | M |
| Against the pilgrim borne in heedless hum | N |
| Now teach me maid composed | O |
| To breathe some softened strain | P |
| Whose numbers stealing through thy dark'ning vale | Q |
| May not unseemly with its stillness suit | R |
| As musing slow I hail | Q |
| Thy genial loved return | S |
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| For when thy folding star arising shows | T |
| His paly circlet at his warning lamp | U |
| The fragrant hours and elves | V |
| Who slept in buds the day | W |
| And many a nymph who wreathes her brows with sedge | X |
| And sheds the fresh'ning dew and lovelier still | Y |
| The pensive pleasures sweet | Z |
| Prepare thy shadowy car | A2 |
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| Then let me rove some wild and heathy scene | B2 |
| Or find some ruin 'midst its dreary dells | V |
| Whose walls more awful nod | C2 |
| By thy religious gleams | V |
| Or if chill blust'ring winds or driving rain | P |
| Prevent my willing feet be mine the hut | D2 |
| That from the mountain's side | E2 |
| Views wilds and swelling floods | V |
| And hamlets brown and dim discovered spires | V |
| And hears their simple bell and marks o'er all | F2 |
| Thy dewy fingers draw | G2 |
| The gradual dusky veil | Q |
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| While Spring shall pour his showers as oft he wont | H2 |
| And bathe thy breathing tresses meekest Eve | I2 |
| While Summer loves to sport | J2 |
| Beneath thy lingering light | K2 |
| While sallow Autumn fills thy lap with leaves | V |
| Or Winter yelling through the troublous air | L2 |
| Affrights thy shrinking train | P |
| And rudely rends thy robes | V |
| So long regardful of thy quiet rule | M2 |
| Shall fancy friendship science smiling peace | V |
| Thy gentlest influence own | N2 |
| And love thy favourite name | O2 |
William Collins
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