To The Reverend Mr. Newton. An Invitation Into The Country. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFG HIJK LMLM NONP| The swallows in their torpid state | A |
| Compose their useless wing | B |
| And bees in hives as idly wait | A |
| The call of early Spring | B |
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| The keenest frost that binds the stream | C |
| The wildest wind that blows | D |
| Are neither felt nor fear'd by them | E |
| Secure of their repose | D |
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| But man all feeling and awake | F |
| The gloomy scene surveys | G |
| With present ills his heart must ache | F |
| And pant for brighter days | G |
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| Old Winter halting o'er the mead | H |
| Bids me and Mary mourn | I |
| But lovely Spring peeps o'er his head | J |
| And whispers your return | K |
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| Then April with her sister May | L |
| Shall chase him from the bowers | M |
| And weave fresh garlands every day | L |
| To crown the smiling hours | M |
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| And if a tear that speaks regret | N |
| Of happier times appear | O |
| A glimpse of joy that we have met | N |
| Shall shine and dry the tear | P |
William Cowper
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