Song Vii. - When Bright Roxana Treads The Green Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDBBEE FGHHIJ| When bright Roxana treads the green | A |
| In all the pride of dress and mien | A |
| Averse to freedom love and play | B |
| The dazzling rival of the day | B |
| None other beauty strikes mine eye | C |
| The lilies droop the roses die | C |
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| But when disclaiming art the fair | D |
| Assumes a soft engaging air | D |
| Mild as the opening morn of May | B |
| Familiar friendly free and gay | B |
| The scene improves where'er she goes | E |
| More sweetly smile the pink and rose | E |
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| O lovely Maid propitious hear | F |
| Nor deem thy shepherd insincere | G |
| Pity a wild illusive flame | H |
| That varies objects still the same | H |
| And let their very changes prove | I |
| The never varied force of love | J |
William Shenstone
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