The Panther Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CBCB DBDB CECE FGFG EBEB HEHE EBEB IBIB BEBE BDBD BJBJ KBKB LBLB BMBM BFBF CNCN BBBB BBBB MOMO PBPB QGQG ENEN DRDR BBBB STST| Maternal love thou wond'rous power | A |
| By no base fears controul'd | B |
| Tis truly thine in danger's hour | A |
| To make the tender bold | B |
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| And yet more marvellous thy sway | C |
| Amid the pathless wild | B |
| Can humanize the beast of prey | C |
| And make the savage mild | B |
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| A traveller on Afric's shore | D |
| Near to a forest's side | B |
| That shook with many a monster's roar | D |
| With hasty caution hied | B |
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| But suddenly full in his way | C |
| A Panther he descries | E |
| Athwart his very road she lay | C |
| And fixt his fearful eyes | E |
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| With backward step and watchful stare | F |
| If refuge there may be | G |
| He hopes to gain with trembling care | F |
| The refuge of a tree | G |
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| A fruitless hope the Panther moves | E |
| Perceiving his intent | B |
| And vain his utmost caution proves | E |
| Her purpose to prevent | B |
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| But no fierce purpose to destroy | H |
| The dreadful beast impells | E |
| Her gesture blending grief and joy | H |
| Far other motive tells | E |
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| Round him she fawns with gentle pace | E |
| Her actions all entreat | B |
| She looks imploring in his face | E |
| And licks his hands and feet | B |
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| The traveller a Roman born | I |
| Was of a generous mind | B |
| He never view'd distress with scorn | I |
| To all that breath'd most kind | B |
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| And soon all selfish fear apart | B |
| His native spirit rose | E |
| The suffering Panther won his heart | B |
| He only felt her woes | E |
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| Jove help thee gracious beast he cried | B |
| Some evil wounds thee sore | D |
| And it shall be my joy and pride | B |
| Thy sorrows to explore | D |
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| The beast his kindness understood | B |
| Fix'd on his robe a claw | J |
| And gently to the neighb'ring wood | B |
| Appear'd her friend to draw | J |
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| How little is the want of speech | K |
| When kindness rules the heart | B |
| Gesture will then all lessons teach | K |
| That language can impart | B |
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| The Roman Caelius was his name | L |
| By brave compassion sway'd | B |
| Conjectur'd all the Panther's aim | L |
| And gave her willing aid | B |
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| For in the forest with his guide | B |
| He hears her wailing young | M |
| To whom the tender beast replied | B |
| With a maternal tongue | M |
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| He sees them only in his thought | B |
| For in a curious snare | F |
| The hapless little creatures caught | B |
| Could only murmur there | F |
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| Deep in an earthy trap they lay | C |
| An iron grate above | N |
| Precluded them from chearful day | C |
| And from a mother's love | N |
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| But quicken'd by the touching sound | B |
| The little captives made | B |
| The generous C lius clear'd the ground | B |
| And all the snare display'd | B |
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| Two vigorous cubs spring up to light | B |
| And to their parent haste | B |
| C lius a third in tenderer plight | B |
| Within the pit embrac'd | B |
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| For in he leap'd to save the young | M |
| That seem'd to suffer harm | O |
| And swiftly from the pit he sprung | M |
| The cub beneath his arm | O |
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| The conscious nursling lick'd his cheek | P |
| With young endearment sweet | B |
| He kiss'd and laid it safe tho' weak | P |
| Before its parent's feet | B |
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| Too faint is language to describe | Q |
| The Panther's grateful glee | G |
| Contemplating her little tribe | Q |
| From deadly bondage free | G |
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| By gesture that with meaning glows | E |
| All eloquence above | N |
| She largely on her friend bestows | E |
| Protection thanks and love | N |
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| Seeing him start to hear a roar | D |
| That spoke the lion near | R |
| She guides him thro' her wood once more | D |
| And banishes his fear | R |
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| Here when she brought him to his road | B |
| Her gesture said we part | B |
| With friendship all her features glow'd | B |
| Each movement spoke her heart | B |
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| He shar'd her feelings Bless your den | S |
| He said as he withdrew | T |
| For gratitude has fled from men | S |
| And seems to live with you | T |
William Hayley
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