Horace, Book Ii. Ode Xvi. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFEF GHGI JKJK LMLM JNJN OPQR JJJJ STDT| Ease is the weary merchant's prayer | A |
| Who ploughs by night the gean flood | B |
| When neither moon nor stars appear | C |
| Or faintly glimmer through the cloud | D |
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| For ease the Mede with quiver graced | E |
| For ease the Thracian hero sighs | F |
| Delightful ease all pant to taste | E |
| A blessing which no treasure buys | F |
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| For neither gold can lull to rest | G |
| Nor all a Consul's guard beat off | H |
| The tumults of a troubled breast | G |
| The cares that haunt a gilded roof | I |
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| Happy the man whose table shows | J |
| A few clean ounces of old plate | K |
| Nor fear intrudes on his repose | J |
| Nor sordid wishes to be great | K |
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| Poor short lived things what plans we lay | L |
| Ah why forsake our native home | M |
| To distant climates speed away | L |
| For self sticks close where'er we roam | M |
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| Care follows hard and soon o'ertakes | J |
| The well rigg'd ship the warlike steed | N |
| Her destined quarry ne'er forsakes | J |
| Not the wind flies with half her speed | N |
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| From anxious fears of future ill | O |
| Guard well the cheerful happy now | P |
| Gild e'en your sorrows with a smile | Q |
| No blessing is unmix'd below | R |
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| Thy neighing steeds and lowing herds | J |
| Thy numerous flocks around thee graze | J |
| And the best purple Tyre affords | J |
| Thy robe magnificent displays | J |
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| One me indulgent Heaven bestow'd | S |
| A rural mansion neat and small | T |
| This lyre and as for yonder crowd | D |
| The happiness to hate them all | T |
William Cowper
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