On The Death Of Damon. (translated From Milton) Poem Rhyme Scheme

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Ye Nymphs of Himera for ye have shed	A
Erewhile for Daphnis and for Hylas dead	A
And over Bion's long lamented bier	B
The fruitless meed of many a sacred tear	C
Now through the villas laved by Thames rehearse	D
The woes of Thyrsis in Sicilian verse	D
What sighs he heav'd and how with groans profound	E
He made the woods and hollow rocks resound	E
Young Damon dead nor even ceased to pour	F
His lonely sorrows at the midnight hour	G
The green wheat twice had nodded in the ear	B
And golden harvest twice enrich'd the year	H
Since Damon's lips had gasp'd for vital air	C
The last last time nor Thyrsis yet was there	C
For he enamour'd of the Muse remain'd	I
In Tuscan Fiorenza long detain'd	I
But stored at length with all he wish'd to learn	J
For his flock's sake now hasted to return	J
And when the shepherd had resumed his seat	K
At the elm's root within his old retreat	K
Then 'twas his lot then all his loss to know	L
And from his burthen'd heart he vented thus his woe	L
Go seek your home my lambs my thoughts are due	M
To other cares than those of feeding you	M
Alas what Deities shall I suppose	N
In heav'n or earth concern'd for human woes	N
Since Oh my Damon their severe decree	O
So soon condemns me to regret of Thee	O
Depart'st thou thus thy virtues unrepaid	M
With fame and honour like a vulgar shade	M
Let him forbid it whose bright rod controls	P
And sep'rates sordid from illustrious souls	P
Drive far the rabble and to Thee assign	Q
A happier lot with spirits worthy thine	Q
Go seek your home my lambs my thoughts are due	M
To other cares than those of feeding you	M
Whate'er befall unless by cruel chance	R
The wolf first give me a forbidding glance	R
Thou shalt not moulder undeplor'd but long	S
Thy praise shall dwell on ev'ry shepherd's tongue	T
To Daphnis first they shall delight to pay	U
And after Him to thee the votive lay	U
While Pales shall the flocks and pastures love	V
Or Faunus to frequent the field or grove	W
At least if antient piety and truth	X
With all the learned labours of thy youth	X
May serve thee aught or to have left behind	M
A sorrowing friend and of the tuneful kind	M
Go seek your home my lambs my thoughts are due	M
To other cares than those of feeding you	M
Yes Damon such thy sure reward shall be	O
But ah what doom awaits unhappy me	O
Who now my pains and perils shall divide	M
As thou wast wont for ever at my side	M
Both when the rugged frost annoy'd our feet	M
And when the herbage all was parch'd with heat	M
Whether the grim wolf's ravage to prevent	M
Or the huge lion's arm'd with darts we went	M
Whose converse now shall calm my stormy day	U
With charming song who now beguile my way	U
Go seek your home my lambs my thoughts are due	M
To other cares than those of feeding you	M
In whom shall I confide Whose counsel find	M
A balmy med'cine for my troubled mind	M
Or whose discourse with innocent delight	M
Shall fill me now and cheat the wint'ry night	M
While hisses on my hearth the pulpy pear	C
And black'ning chesnuts start and crackle there	C
While storms abroad the dreary meadows whelm	O
And the wind thunders thro' the neighb'ring elm	O
Go seek your home my lambs my thoughts are due	M
To other cares than those of feeding you	M
Or who when summer suns their summit reach	Y
And Pan sleeps hidden by the shelt'ring beech	Y
When shepherds disappear Nymphs seek the sedge	Z
And the stretch'd rustic snores beneath the hedge	Z
Who then shall render me thy pleasant vein	A2
Of Attic wit thy jests thy smiles again	B2
Go seek your home my lambs my thoughts are due	M
To other cares than those of feeding you	M
Where glens and vales are thickest overgrown	C2
With tangled boughs I wander now alone	C2
Till night descend while blust'ring wind and show'r	D2
Beat on my temples through the shatter'd bow'r	D2
Go seek your home my lambs my thoughts are due	M
To other cares than those of feeding you	M
Alas what rampant weeds now shame my fields	E2
And what a mildew'd crop the furrow yields	E2
My rambling vines unwedded to the trees	F2
Bear shrivel'd grapes my myrtles fail to please	F2
Nor please me more my flocks they slighted turn	J
Their unavailing looks on me and mourn	G2
Go seek your home my lambs my thoughts are due	M
To other cares than those of feeding you	M
Aegon invites me to the hazel grove	W
Amyntas on the river's bank to rove	W
And young Alphesiboeus to a seat	M
Where branching elms exclude the midday heat	M
'Here fountains spring here mossy hillocks rise '	H2
'Here Zephyr whispers and the stream replies '	H2
Thus each persuades but deaf to ev'ry call	I2
I gain the thickets and escape them all	I2
Go seek your home my lambs my thoughts are due	M
To other cares than those of feeding you	M
Then Mopsus said the same who reads so well	J2
The voice of birds and what the stars foretell	J2
For He by chance had noticed my return	J
What means thy sullen mood this deep concern	J
Ah Thyrsis thou art either crazed with love	V
Or some sinister influence from above	V
Dull Saturn's influence oft the shepherd rue	M
His leaden shaft oblique has pierced thee through	M
Go go my lambs unpastur'd as ye are	D2
My thoughts are all now due to other care	C
The Nymphs amazed my melancholy see	O
And Thyrsis cry what will become of thee	O
What would'st thou Thyrsis such should not appear	H
The brow of youth stern gloomy and severe	H
Brisk youth should laugh and love ah shun the fate	M
Of those twice wretched mopes who love too late	M
Go go my lambs unpastur'd as ye are	D2
My thoughts are all now due to other care	C
Aegle with Hyas came to sooth my pain	A2
And Baucis' daughter Dryope the vain	A2
Fair Dryope for voice and finger neat	M
Known far and near and for her self conceit	M
Came Chloris too whose cottage on the lands	K2
That skirt the Idumanian current stands	K2
But all in vain they came and but to see	O
Kind words and comfortable lost on me	O
Go go my lambs unpastur'd as ye are	D2
My thoughts are all now due to other care	C
Ah blest indiff'rence of the playful herd	M
None by his fellow chosen or preferr'd	M
No bonds of amity the flocks enthrall	J2
But each associates and is pleased with all	J2
So graze the dappled deer in num'rous droves	L2
And all his kind alike the zebra loves'	L2
The same law governs where the billows roar	F
And Proteus' shoals o'erspread the desert shore	F
The sparrow meanest of the feather'd race	L2
His fit companion finds in ev'ry place	L2
With whom he picks the grain that suits him best	M
Flits here and there and late returns to rest	M
And whom if chance the falcon make his prey	U
Or Hedger with his well aim'd arrow slay	U
For no such loss the gay survivor grieves'	L2
New love he seeks and new delight receives	L2
We only an obdurate kind rejoice	L2
Scorning all others in a single choice	L2
We scarce in thousands meet one kindred mind	M
And if the long sought good at last we find	M
When least we fear it Death our treasure steals	L2
And gives our heart a wound that nothing heals	L2
Go go my lambs unpastur'd as ye are	D2
My thoughts are all now due to other care	C
Ah what delusion lured me from my flocks	L2
To traverse Alpine snows and rugged rocks	L2
What need so great had I to visit Rome	O
Now sunk in ruins and herself a tomb	O
Or had she flourish'd still as when of old	M
For her sake Tityrus forsook his fold	M
What need so great had I t'incur a pause	L2
Of thy sweet intercourse for such a cause	L2
For such a cause to place the roaring sea	L2
Rocks mountains woods between my friend and me	L2
Else I had grasp'd thy feeble hand composed	M
Thy decent limbs thy drooping eye lids closed	M
And at the last had said Farewell Ascend	M
Nor even in the skies forget thy friend	M
Go go my lambs untended homeward fare	C
My thoughts are all now due to other care	C
Although well pleas'd ye tuneful Tuscan swains	L2
My mind the mem'ry of your worth retains	L2
Yet not your worth can teach me less to mourn	G2
My Damon lost He too was Tuscan born	G2
Born in your Lucca city of renown	M2
And Wit possess'd and Genius like your own	C2
Oh how elate was I when stretch'd beside	M
The murm'ring course of Arno's breezy tide	M
Beneath the poplar grove I pass'd my hours	L2
Now cropping myrtles and now vernal fl	U

William Cowper

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