To Delia Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEAAFFGGHHII JJKKLMNOPPQQRRDDNNPP STUDVVWWW

Me to whatever state the gods assignA
Believe my love whatever state be mineA
Ne'er shall my breast one anxious sorrow knowB
Ne'er shall my heart confess a real woeB
If to thy share heaven's choicest blessings fallC
As thou hast virtue to deserve them allC
Yet vain alas that idle hope would beD
That builds on happiness remote from theeD
Oh may thy charms whate'er our fate decreesE
Please as they must but let them only pleaseE
Not like the sun with equal influence shineA
Nor warm with transport any heart but mineA
Ye who from wealth the ill grounded title boastF
To claim whatever beauty charms you mostF
Ye sons of fortune who consult aloneG
Her parents' will regardless of her ownG
Know that a love like ours a generous flameH
No wealth can purchase and no power reclaimH
The soul's affection can be only givenI
Free unextorted as the grace of heavenI
Is there whose faithful bosom can endureJ
Pangs fierce as mine nor ever hope a cureJ
Who sighs in absence of the dear loved maidK
Nor summons once indifference to his aidK
Who can like me the nice resentment proveL
The thousand soft disquietudes of loveM
The trivial strifes that cause a real painN
The real bliss when reconciled againO
Let him alone dispute the real prizeP
And read his sentence in my Delia's eyesP
There shall he read all gentleness and truthQ
But not himself the dear distinguished youthQ
Pity for him perhaps they may expressR
Pity that will but heighten his distressR
But wretched rival he must sigh to seeD
The sprightlier rays of love directed all to meD
And thou dear antidote of every painN
Which fortune can inflict or love ordainN
Since early love has taught thee to despiseP
What the world's worthless votaries only prizeP
Believe my love no less the generous godS
Rules in my breast his ever blest abodeT
There has he driven each gross desire awayU
Directing every wish and every thought to theeD
Then can I ever leave my Delia's armsV
A slave devoted to inferior charmsV
Can e'er my soul her reason so disgraceW
For what blest minister of heavenly raceW
Would quit that heaven to find a happier placeW

William Cowper



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