The Shrubbery Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEG HDHD AIAI AJAK| Oh happy shades to me unblest | A |
| Friendly to peace but not to me | B |
| How ill the scene that offers rest | A |
| And heart that cannot rest agree | B |
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| This glassy stream that spreading pine | C |
| Those alders quiv'ring to the breeze | D |
| Might sooth a soul less hurt than mine | C |
| And please if any thing could please | D |
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| But fix'd unalterable care | E |
| Foregoes not what she feels within | F |
| Shows the same sadness ev'rywhere | E |
| And slights the season and the scene | G |
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| For all that pleas'd in wood or lawn | H |
| While peace possess'd these silent bow'rs | D |
| Her animating smile withdrawn | H |
| Has lost its beauties and its pow'rs | D |
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| The saint or moralist should tread | A |
| This moss grown alley musing slow | I |
| They seek like me the secret shade | A |
| But not like me to nourish woe | I |
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| Me fruitful scenes and prospects waste | A |
| Alike admonish not to roam | J |
| These tell me of enjoyments past | A |
| And those of sorrows yet to come | K |
William Cowper
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