A Song : On The Green Margin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCEFGD HIJKLLI MNMOPPO| On the green margin of the brook | A |
| Despairing Phyllida reclined | B |
| Whilst every sigh and every look | A |
| Declared the anguish of her mind | B |
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| Am I less lovely then she cries | C |
| And in the waves her form surveyed | D |
| Oh yes I see my languid eyes | C |
| My faded cheek my colour fled | E |
| These eyes no more like lightning pierced | F |
| These cheeks grew pale when Damon first | G |
| His Phyllida betrayed | D |
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| The rose he in his bosom wore | H |
| How oft upon my breast was seen | I |
| And when I kissed the drooping flower | J |
| Behold he cried it blooms again | K |
| The wreaths that bound my braided hair | L |
| Himself next day was proud to wear | L |
| At church or on the green | I |
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| While thus sad Phyllida lamented | M |
| Chance brought unlucky Thyrsis on | N |
| Unwillingly the nymph consented | M |
| But Damon first the cheat begun | O |
| She wiped the fallen tears away | P |
| Then sighed and blushed as who would say | P |
| Ah Thyrsis I am won | O |
William Cowper
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