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The Baya: Or The Indian Bird Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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Let the Nightingale still be renown'd for her song	A
The Eagle for strength and for softness the Dove	B
Higher praise to the Baya of India belongs	C
For gentle docility duty and love	B
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The Baya dear nymphs is a delicate bird	D
Of intelligent zeal in our climate unknown	E
A bird in the service of lovers preferr'd	D
To the turtle that Venus regards as her own	E
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The Baya not only will bear in his beak	F
The letter a youth to his nymph would convey	G
But if from her person some jewel he seek	F
This bird at his nod gently plucks it away	G
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It chanc'd in Circassia a lovely young maid	H
On her beautiful neck wore a crescent of gold	I
Hermossan her lover the trinket survey'd	H
And wish'd in his bosom the gem to infold	H
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A Baya he cherished the first of its kind	H
At a call to accomplish his master's behest	H
This bird who display'd both a heart and a mind	H
He commission'd to rifle fair Azima's breast	H
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The bird's gentle manners she often had prais'd	H
And begg'd from her lover a vassal so sweet	H
To the honour of serving you he shall be rais'd	H
Said her lover whenever his skill is complete	H
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The extent of his talents the youth wish'd to find	H
As the bird with new lessons be daily carest	H
To his skill and obedience this charge he assigned	H
To bring him the crescent from Azima's breast	H
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The bird who himself lov'd the damsel to court	H
On her shoulder first perch'd with endearment and joy	J
With his beak he then snapt it's strong silken support	H
And bore from her bosom the glittering toy	J
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The nymph half in anger the plunderer chac'd	J
But she fail'd to regain or the gem or the cord	J
For gayly he flew and with rapturous haste	J
His plunder consigned to the hand of his lord	J
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Her woman was charm'd when the bird he perceiv'd	J
And more was he charm'd when the damsel advanc'd	J
For the nymph too in haste half delighted half griev'd	J
Demanded the crescent on which her eye glanc'd	J
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'Twas a charm Turkish hands had once fixt on her neck	K
But a charm that her lover refus'd to replace	L
Thy hand my dear girl with a gem let me deck	K
Of more magical force of more luminous grace	L
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My bird and my ring both of wonderous power	M
Dear Azima now as thy treasures receive	N
For they both shall be thine they are virtue's just dower	O
And thro' life may they never my Azima leave	N
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For O if they leave thee or lost or destroy'd	J
That bliss which our union I trust will ensure	P
Must vanish and leave in each heart such a void	J
That our permanent anguish no magic can cure	P
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He spoke and the bird on her shoulder he plac'd	J
Then pressing the hand of his delicate fair	Q
That hand with a ring of one ruby he grac'd	J
With a motto in Arabic never despair	Q
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Let these words my sweet love be a shield to thy heart	J
While I from thy sight am by fortune debarr'd	J
For a journey of months I to morrow depart	J
But love will restore me thy husband thy guard	J
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They kiss'd and they parted 'twas fortune's behest	J
Who rules over love with a tyrannous sway	G
But the nymph kiss'd her ring and her bird she carest	J
When her eye could no longer Hermossan survey	G
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She said as she play'd with her vigilant bird	J
Thy name be Anglama then best of thy kind	J
Anglama to her a significant word	J
Express'd all the light of a luminous mind	J
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The bird seem'd with joy his new title to feel	R
At the sound of Anglama his eye was a flame	S
That flashed with intelligence duty and zeal	R
Her behests he obeyed at the sound of his name	S
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To prove and reward him was Azima's pride	J
As round her he flew upon liberty's wing	T
In her chamber she oft her lov'd ruby would hide	J
And exclaim my Anglama go seek for my ring	T
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However concealed the quick bird was so keen	U
He never once failed to bring back the lost gem	V
To his mistress he gave it with gesture serene	U
Her sweet meats repaid him he lived upon them	V
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How often the sport of an innocent breast	J
Is by Providence favour'd for some gracious end	J
And gentle dumb creatures with kindness carest	J
That kindness repay in the shape of a friend	J
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But little sweet Azima dreamt as she taught	J
Her bird thus to play with a jewel so dear	W
That the lesson his love with alacrity caught	J
Might soothe her with hope in a season of fear	W
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That season approaches gay Azima grew	X
Of an old helpless father the pride and the heir	Q
Her treasures were coveted not by a few	X
And by one of a heart not inclined to despair	Q
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Hermossan's chief rival an arrogant youth	Y
An Armenian his father his mother a Turk	Z
That mother more noted for cunning than truth	Y
On Azima's fancy had studied to work	Z
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The crescent to give her young bosom alarm	A2
On the child she had fix'd with a soft silken cord	J
To persuade the gay nymph by this magical charm	A2
That none but a Mussulman must be her lord	J
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Hermossan a Persian more noble and true	X
As to woman she rose put those fancies to flight	J
But Ayesha who watch'd with a mischievous view	X
Soon the ruby surveyed and survey'd it with spite	J
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She saw 'twas a talisman fashioned by love	B
Which she hoped to destroy by a daring device	B2
And purloining the ring as it lay in a glove	B
With a diamond replaced it far richer in price	B2
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With her prize she escaped from her visit uncheck'd	J
Soon a change so unwish'd was to Azima known	E
She detested the diamond with which she was deckt	J
Sent back the new gem and demanded her own	E
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See Ayesha's bold son now with arrogance plead	J
To obtain for his parent the pardon of love	B
The damsel indignant abhors the base deed	J
Still demanding her ruby all diamonds above	B
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The crafty Ayesha her son would persuade	J
That Azima's anger in time must decay	G
She knew not the truth of that resolute maid	J
And she vainly hoped much from an artful delay	G
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Yet her credulous spirit the talisman pains	C2
Which she anxiously hides with intent to destroy	J
While she to prepare a rich recompence feigns	C2
For those who may find this unfortunate toy	J
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Fair Azima suffers from sorrow and rage	D2
But what can her rage or her sorrow achieve	N
Hermossan is absent her father's weak age	D2
Only leaves her in fruitless affliction to grieve	N
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Her bird in sweet sympathy seems to lament	J
And to cheer her in vain his kind frolics he tries	C2
When she says O my ring on her wishes intent	J
To seek it far off from her window he flies	C2
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In each flight with new hope she perceives her heart burn	E2
'Till that hope she so often has cherished in vain	F2
That she welcomes with tears his unjoyous return	E2
And her health wastes away with vexation and pain	F2
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All her pain was encreased when this billet she read	J
Thy Hermossan my love will be with thee at noon	G2
When thy faith shall dispell all his amorous dread	J
And thy ruby's true radiance eclipse the false moon	G2
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In the morn's early season this billet she caught	J
In her bosom new hopes and new tenors now spring	T
At her window she stood and in turbulent thought	J
Once more my Anglama she said seek my ring	T
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See in tender obedience Anglama depart	J
And soon his swift pinions are out of her sight	J
But terror and hope are still felt in her heart	J
While her fancy pursues so momentous a flight	J
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Was it chance or some angel directed his sense	C2
On a tree of Ayesha's fair garden to perch	H2
No with langour opprest and in heat most intense	C2
A delicate water allur'd his research	H2
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At a wonderful depth this cool water reposed	J
In a well through a rock in past centuries sunk	I2
Ayesha's proud garden this wonder enclos'd	J
Whence often the gentle Anglama had drunk	I2
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A stranger to fear down the circular cave	J2
For soothing refreshment he often had flown	E
Now beside it he perched and in silence tho' brave	J2
For a matron he sees who draws near to the stone	E
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'Tis Ayesha herself who induced by a dream	K2
Came to bury the talisman deep in this well	L2
Down she cast the lov'd ring by the morning's bright beam	K2
In the eyes of Anglama it flash'd as it fell	L2
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Alert as affection more rapid than speech	M2
He darts unperceived the dear treasure to seek	F
Ere the stone in it's fall the deep water can reach	M2
He o'ertakes he has caught the lost gem in his beak	F
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Beware O Anglama thy foes are abroad	J
Thou yet may'st be cross'd in thy faithful intent	J
If once thou art spied by the sharp eyes of fraud	J
Both her jewel and thee thy fair queen must lament	J
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As conscious of peril the provident bird	J
Takes refuge unseen in a cleft of the well	L2
Deposits his prize and perceiving he's heard	J
Flies back in the shelter of silence to dwell	L2
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There repose thou best vassal to beauty endear'd	J
While my song to thy mistress most anxiously turns	C2
To recount in thy absence what perils she fear'd	J
Now she freezes in dread now her terror she spurns	C2
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By her own noble soul she resolves to subdue	J
The worst of all fears that her fancy had crost	J
The life of Hermossan in danger she knew	J
Supposing she told how his ruby was lost	J
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She knew with Ayesha's fierce son he would fight	J
Were the story reveal'd of the ring and the glove	B
And she firmly exclaim'd with heroic delight	J
No his life I will save if I forfeit his love	B
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But O while new dangers Anglama detain	F2
How eager she pants for a sight of his plume	N2
At each sound she believes him returning again	O2
But he's destined to lurk in the cavern's deep gloom	N2
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The morning elapses and noon now is near	W
But time can't out travel the lover's quick pace	C2
See Hermossan most true to his promise appear	W
With transport he flies to his fair one's embrace	C2
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But O how his heart at her aspect recoils	C2
When he sees how the rose has decay'd on her cheek	F
O God is it thus I'm repaid for my toils	C2
Was all that affection had accents to speak	F
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Fond Azima trembling yet brave in her heart	J
Now exclaims swear to grant me one eager desire	M
You must or I die nay my love do not start	J
But swear by the sun's incorruptible fire	M
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Our ruby is gone and my life too must go	P2
Unless to relieve me you instantly swear	Q
Not to meditate vengeance whatever you know	P2
On the persons who thus have occasion'd my care	Q
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Hermossan confused with quick pity replied	J
Though Jealousy gave him her tremulous tones	C2
Yes I swear if you say but to soothe my fond pride	J
That no rival of mine my lost talisman owns	C2
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The maiden whose soul was the spirit of truth	Y
Scarcely knew how herself to absolve or condemn	V
Since she really surmiz'd a proud amorous youth	Y
Had obtain'd by his mother the magical gem	V
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The conflict distended her innocent breast	J
Half lifeless she sinks on Hermossan's strong arm	A2
To his heart he in wonder her innocence prest	J
Not free jealous honor from thy rash alarm	A2
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In a soft rising breeze yet she hardly has stirr'd	J
But her faint eyes unclose to admit the fresh air	Q
And they now flash with joy in perceiving her bird	J
Who drops on her bosom with Never Despair	Q
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Thrice blessed Anglama what language can speak	F
The joy not confined to thy patrons alone	E
While thy queen thus receives from thy dutiful beak	F
The lesson engrav'd on the magical stone	E
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All terror all sickness all doubt all distrust	J
Fly away from thy friends in this rapturous hour	M
And thee they esteem to thy services just	J
A Phenix inshrin'd in Felicity's bower	M
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Fair reader if wishing to fix on thy breast	J
The magic most sure every grace to endear	Q2
As a gem on thy bosom let innocence rest	J
Embellishing beauty and banishing fear	W