Ode To Health, 1730 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC EFFE GHHG IJJI KGGK LMNL OPPO QRRQ SGGS TUUV EHHE WXXW YZZY A2B2B2A2 C2EEC2 CD2D2C| O Health capricious maid | A |
| Why dost thou shun my peaceful bower | B |
| Where I had hope to share thy power | B |
| And bless thy lasting aid | A |
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| Since thou alas art flown | C |
| It 'vails not whether Muse or Grace | D |
| With tempting smile frequent the place | D |
| I sigh for thee alone | C |
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| Age not forbids thy stay | E |
| Thou yet mightst act the friendly part | F |
| Thou yet mightst raise this languid heart | F |
| Why speed so swift away | E |
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| Thou scorn'st the city air | G |
| I breathe fresh gales o'er furrow'd ground | H |
| Yet hast not thou my wishes crown'd | H |
| O false O partial Fair | G |
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| I plunge into the wave | I |
| And though with purest hands I raise | J |
| A rural altar to thy praise | J |
| Thou wilt not deign to save | I |
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| Amid my well known grove | K |
| Where mineral fountains vainly bear | G |
| Thy boasted name and titles fair | G |
| Why scorns thy foot to rove | K |
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| Thou hear'st the sportsman's claim | L |
| Enabling him with idle noise | M |
| To drown the Muse's melting voice | N |
| And fright the timorous game | L |
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| Is thought thy foe Adieu | O |
| Ye midnight lamps ye curious tomes | P |
| Mine eye o'er hills and valleys roams | P |
| And deals no more with you | O |
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| Is it the clime you flee | Q |
| Yet midst his unremitting snows | R |
| The poor Laponian's bosom glows | R |
| And shares bright rays from thee | Q |
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| There was there was a time | S |
| When though I scorn'd thy guardian care | G |
| Nor made a vow nor said a prayer | G |
| I did not rue the crime | S |
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| Who then more blest than | T |
| When the glad schoolboy's task was done | U |
| And forth with jocund spirit I run | U |
| To freedom and to joy | V |
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| How jovial then the day | E |
| What since have all my labours found | H |
| Thus climbing life to gaze around | H |
| That can thy loss repay | E |
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| Wert thou alas but kind | W |
| Methinks no frown that Fortune wears | X |
| Nor lessen'd hopes nor growing cares | X |
| Could sink my cheerful mind | W |
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| Whate'er my stars include | Y |
| What other breasts convert to pain | Z |
| My towering mind should soon disdain | Z |
| Should scorn Ingratitude | Y |
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| Repair this mouldering cell | A2 |
| And blest with objects found at home | B2 |
| And envying none their fairer dome | B2 |
| How pleased my soul should dwell | A2 |
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| Temperance should guard the doors | C2 |
| From room to room should Memory stray | E |
| And ranging all in neat array | E |
| Enjoy her pleasing stores | C2 |
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| There let them rest unknown | C |
| The types of many a pleasing scene | D2 |
| But to preserve them bright or clean | D2 |
| Is thine Fair Queen alone | C |
William Shenstone
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