Ode To Evening Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRQS TUVWXYZA2B2C2WD2PE2F 2G2H2I2J2QK2L2M2N2O2 P2PQ2HR2S2T2| If aught of oaten stop or pastoral song | A |
| May hope chaste Eve to soothe thy modest ear | B |
| Like thy own solemn springs | C |
| Thy springs and dying gales | D |
| O nymph reserv'd while now the bright hair'd sun | E |
| Sits in yon western tent whose cloudy skirts | F |
| With brede ethereal wove | G |
| O'erhang his wavy bed | H |
| Now air is hush'd save where the weak ey'd bat | I |
| With short shrill shriek flits by on leathern wing | J |
| Or where the beetle winds | K |
| His small but sullen horn | L |
| As oft he rises 'midst the twilight path | M |
| Against the pilgrim borne in heedless hum | N |
| Now teach me maid compos'd | O |
| To breathe some soften'd strain | P |
| Whose numbers stealing thro' thy dark'ning vale | Q |
| May not unseemly with its stillness suit | R |
| As musing slow I hail | Q |
| Thy genial lov'd return | S |
| For when thy folding star arising shows | T |
| His paly circlet at his warning lamp | U |
| The fragrant Hours and elves | V |
| Who slept in flow'rs the day | W |
| And many a nymph who wreathes her brows with sedge | X |
| And sheds the fresh'ning dew and lovelier still | Y |
| The pensive Pleasures sweet | Z |
| Prepare thy shadowy car | A2 |
| Then lead calm vot'ress where some sheety lake | B2 |
| Cheers the lone heath or some time hallow'd pile | C2 |
| Or upland fallows grey | W |
| Reflect its last cool gleam | D2 |
| But when chill blust'ring winds or driving rain | P |
| Forbid my willing feet be mine the hut | E2 |
| That from the mountain's side | F2 |
| Views wilds and swelling floods | G2 |
| And hamlets brown and dim discover'd spires | H2 |
| And hears their simple bell and marks o'er all | I2 |
| Thy dewy fingers draw | J2 |
| The gradual dusky veil | Q |
| While Spring shall pour his show'rs as oft he wont | K2 |
| And bathe thy breathing tresses meekest Eve | L2 |
| While Summer loves to sport | M2 |
| Beneath thy ling'ring light | N2 |
| While sallow Autumn fills thy lap with leaves | O2 |
| Or Winter yelling thro' the troublous air | P2 |
| Affrights thy shrinking train | P |
| And rudely rends thy robes | Q2 |
| So long sure found beneath the sylvan shed | H |
| Shall Fancy Friendship Science rose lipp'd Health | R2 |
| Thy gentlest influence own | S2 |
| And hymn thy fav'rite name | T2 |
William Taylor Collins
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