Ode To Memory Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII DJDJKK LMLMNG DODOPP FAFAQR STSTUU FVFWXX| O Memory Celestial maid | A |
| Who glean'st the flowerets cropt by time | B |
| And suffering not a leaf to fade | A |
| Preserv'st the blossoms of our prime | B |
| Bring bring those moments to my mind | C |
| When life was new and Lesbia kind | C |
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| And bring that garland to my sight | D |
| With which my favour'd crook she bound | E |
| And bring that wreath of roses bright | D |
| Which then my festive temples crown'd | E |
| And to my raptured ear convey | F |
| The gentle things she deign'd to say | F |
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| And sketch with care the Muse's bower | G |
| Where Isis rolls her silver tide | H |
| Nor yet omit one reed or flower | G |
| That shines on Cherwell's verdant side | H |
| If so thou mayst those hours prolong | I |
| When polish'd Lycon join'd my song | I |
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| The song it 'vails not to recite | D |
| But sure to soothe our youthful dreams | J |
| Those banks and streams appear'd more bright | D |
| Than other banks than other streams | J |
| Or by the softening pencil shown | K |
| Assume they beauties not their own | K |
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| And paint that sweetly vacant scene | L |
| When all beneath the poplar bough | M |
| My spirits light my soul serene | L |
| I breathed in verse one cordial vow | M |
| That nothing should my soul inspire | N |
| But friendship warm and love entire | G |
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| Dull to the sense of new delight | D |
| On thee the drooping muse attends | O |
| As some fond lover robb'd of sight | D |
| On thy expressive power depends | O |
| Nor would exchange thy glowing lines | P |
| To live the lord of all that shines | P |
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| But let me chase those vows away | F |
| Which at Ambition's shrine I made | A |
| Nor ever let thy skill display | F |
| Those anxious moments ill repaid | A |
| Oh from my breast that season rase | Q |
| And bring my childhood in its place | R |
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| Bring me the bells the rattle bring | S |
| And bring the hobby I bestrode | T |
| When pleased in many a sportive ring | S |
| Around the room I jovial rode | T |
| Even let me bid my lyre adieu | U |
| And bring the whistle that I blew | U |
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| Then will I muse and pensive say | F |
| Why did not these enjoyments last | V |
| How sweetly wasted I the day | F |
| While innocence allow'd to waste | W |
| Ambition's toils alike are vain | X |
| But ah for pleasure yield us pain | X |
William Shenstone
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