Catharina: The Second Part: On Her Marriage To George Courtenay, Esq. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE FGFGHIJI BKBKLMLN COCPQCQC| Believe it or not as you choose | A |
| The doctrine is certainly true | B |
| That the future is known to the muse | A |
| And poets are oracles too | B |
| I did but express a desire | C |
| To see Catharina at home | D |
| At the side of my friend George's fire | C |
| And lo she is actually come | E |
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| Such prophecy some may despise | F |
| But the wish of a poet and friend | G |
| Perhaps is approved in the skies | F |
| And therefore attains to its end | G |
| 'Twas a wish that flew ardently forth | H |
| From a bosom effectually warm'd | I |
| With the talents the graces and worth | J |
| Of the person for whom it was form'd | I |
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| Maria would leave us I knew | B |
| To the grief and regret of us all | K |
| But less to our grief could we view | B |
| Catharina the Queen of the Hall | K |
| And therefore I wish'd as I did | L |
| And therefore this union of hands | M |
| Not a whisper was heard to forbid | L |
| But all cry Amen to the bans | N |
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| Since therefore I seem to incur | C |
| No danger of wishing in vain | O |
| When making good wishes for her | C |
| I will e'en to my wishes again | P |
| With one I have made her a wife | Q |
| And now I will try with another | C |
| Which I cannot suppress for my life | Q |
| How soon I can make her a mother | C |
William Cowper
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