The Epicure Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFCCGGHIJJ KKLMNONUnderneath this myrtle shade | A |
On flowerly beds supinely laid | A |
With odorous oils my head o'erflowing | B |
And around it roses growing | B |
What should I do but drink away | C |
The heat and troubles of the day | C |
In this more than kingly state | D |
Love himself on me shall wait | D |
Fill to me Love nay fill it up | E |
And mingled cast into the cup | E |
Wit and mirth and noble fires | F |
Vigorous health and gay desires | F |
The wheel of life no less will stay | C |
In a smooth than rugged way | C |
Since it equally doth flee | G |
Let the motion pleasant be | G |
Why do we precious ointments shower | H |
Nobler wines why do we pour | I |
Beauteous flowers why do we spread | J |
Upon the monuments of the dead | J |
Nothing they but dust can show | K |
Or bones that hasten to be so | K |
Crown me with roses while I live | L |
Now your wines and ointments give | M |
After death I nothing crave | N |
Let me alive my pleasures have | O |
All are Stoics in the grave | N |
Abraham Cowley
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