Song Xviii. - Imitated From The French Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCD EEFDGH IIJJGH| Yes these are the scenes where with Iris I stray'd | A |
| But short was her sway for so lovely a maid | A |
| In the bloom of her youth to a cloister she run | B |
| In the bloom of her graces too fair for a nun | B |
| Ill grounded no doubt a devotion must prove | C |
| So fatal to beauty so killing to love | D |
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| Yes these are the meadows the shrubs and the plains | E |
| Once the scene of my pleasures the scene of my pains | E |
| How many soft moments I spent in this grove | F |
| How fair was my nymph and how fervent my love | D |
| Be still though my Heart thine emotion give o'er | G |
| Remember the season of love is no more | H |
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| With her how I stray'd amid fountains and bowers | I |
| Or loiter'd behind and collected the flowers | I |
| Then breathless with ardour my fair one pursued | J |
| And to think with what kindness my garland she view'd | J |
| But be still my fond Heart this emotion give o'er | G |
| Fain wouldst thou forget thou must love her no more | H |
William Shenstone
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