Ode To M E R C Y Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCDECFFFFGGF A HHIFFIJJKKLLK| S T R O P H E | A |
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| O THOU who sit'st a smiling Bride | B |
| By Valour's arm'd and awful Side | B |
| Gentlest of Sky born Forms and best ador'd | C |
| Who oft with Songs divine to hear | D |
| Win'st from his fatal Grasp the Spear | E |
| And hid'st in Wreaths of Flow'rs his bloodless Sword | C |
| Thou who amidst the deathful Field | F |
| By Godlike Chiefs alone beheld | F |
| Oft with thy Bosom bare art found | F |
| Pleading for him the Youth who sinks to Ground | F |
| See Mercy see with pure and loaded Hands | G |
| Before thy Shrine my Country's Genius stands | G |
| And decks thy Altar still tho' pierc'd with many a Wound | F |
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| A N T I S T R O P H E | A |
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| When he whom ev'n our Joys provoke | H |
| The Fiend of Nature join'd his Yoke | H |
| And rush'd in Wrath to make our Isle his Prey | I |
| Thy Form from out thy sweet Abode | F |
| O'ertook Him on his blasted Road | F |
| And stop'd his Wheels and look'd his Rage away | I |
| I see recoil his sable Steeds | J |
| That bore Him swift to Salvage Deeds | J |
| Thy tender melting Eyes they own | K |
| O Maid for all thy Love to Britain shown | K |
| Where Justice bars her Iron Tow'r | L |
| To Thee we build a roseate Bow'r | L |
| Thou Thou shalt rule our Queen and share our Monarch's Throne | K |
William Collins
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