The Faithful Bird. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDEFFE GGHIIH JJKLLK MMNOON PPQRRQ| The greenhouse is my summer seat | A |
| My shrubs displaced from that retreat | A |
| Enjoy'd the open air | B |
| Two goldfinches whose sprightly song | C |
| Had been their mutual solace long | C |
| Lived happy prisoners there | B |
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| They sang as blithe as finches sing | D |
| That flutter loose on golden wing | D |
| And frolic where they list | E |
| Strangers to liberty 'tis true | F |
| But that delight they never knew | F |
| And therefore never miss'd | E |
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| But nature works in every breast | G |
| With force not easily suppress'd | G |
| And Dick felt some desires | H |
| That after many an effort vain | I |
| Instructed him at length to gain | I |
| A pass between his wires | H |
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| The open windows seem'd to invite | J |
| The freeman to a farewell flight | J |
| But Tom was still confined | K |
| And Dick although his way was clear | L |
| Was much too generous and sincere | L |
| To leave his friend behind | K |
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| So settling on his cage by play | M |
| And chirp and kiss he seem'd to say | M |
| You must not live alone | N |
| Nor would he quit that chosen stand | O |
| Till I with slow and cautious hand | O |
| Return'd him to his own | N |
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| O ye who never taste the joys | P |
| Of Friendship satisfied with noise | P |
| Fandango ball and rout | Q |
| Blush when I tell you how a bird | R |
| A prison with a friend preferr'd | R |
| To liberty without | Q |
William Cowper
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