Ode To Pity Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDEFFE GGHIIH JJKLLK MMNMMN MMOMMO MMPMMP| O THOU the Friend of Man assign'd | A |
| With balmy Hands his Wounds to bind | A |
| And charm his frantic Woe | B |
| When first Distress with Dagger keen | C |
| Broke forth to waste his destin'd Scene | C |
| His wild unsated Foe | B |
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| By Pella's Bard a magic Name | D |
| By all the Griefs his Thoughts could frame | D |
| Receiue my humble Rite | E |
| Long Pity let the Nations view | F |
| Thy sky worn Robes of tend'rest Blue | F |
| And Eyes of dewy Light | E |
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| But wherefore need I wander wide | G |
| To old Ilissus' distant Side | G |
| Deserted Stream and mute | H |
| Wild Arun too has heard thy Strains | I |
| And Echo 'midst my native Plains | I |
| Been sooth'd by Pity's Lute | H |
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| There first the Wren thy Myrtles shed | J |
| On gentlest Otway's infant Head | J |
| To Him thy Cell was shown | K |
| And while He sung the Female heart | L |
| With Youth's soft Notes unspoil'd by Art | L |
| Thy Turtles mix'd their own | K |
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| Come Pity come by Fancy's Aid | M |
| Ev'n now my Thoughts relenting Maid | M |
| Thy Temple's Pride design | N |
| Its Southern Site its Truth compleat | M |
| Shall raise a wild Enthusiast Heat | M |
| In all who view the Shrine | N |
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| There Picture's Toils shall well relate | M |
| How Chance or hard involving Fate | M |
| O'er mortal Bliss prevail | O |
| The Buskin'd Muse shall near her stand | M |
| And sighing prompt her tender Hand | M |
| With each disastrous Tale | O |
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| There let me oft retir'd by Day | M |
| In Dreams of Pasion melt away | M |
| Allow'd with Thee to dwell | P |
| There waste the mournful Lamp of Night | M |
| Till Virgin Thou again delight | M |
| To hear a British shell | P |
William Collins
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