By Moschus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABCAAAADDEEFGAA| I slept when Venus enter'd to my bed | A |
| A Cupid in her beauteous hand she led | A |
| A bashful seeming boy and thus she said | A |
| 'Shepherd receive my little one I bring | B |
| An untaught love whom thou must teach to sing ' | C |
| She said and left him I suspecting nought | A |
| Many a sweet strain my subtle pupil taught | A |
| How reed to reed Pan first with osier bound | A |
| How Pallas form'd the pipe of softest sound | A |
| How Hermes gave the lute and how the quire | D |
| Of Phoebus owe to Phoebus' self the lyre | D |
| Such were my themes my themes nought heeded he | E |
| But ditties sang of amorous sort to me | E |
| The pangs that mortals and immortals prove | F |
| From Venus' influence and the darts of love | G |
| Thus was the teacher by the pupil taught | A |
| His lessons I retain'd he mine forgot | A |
William Cowper
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