The Thief Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCCDDEEBBBFFGGHH HIICCJKJ| Thou robb'st my days of business and delights | A |
| Of sleep thou robb'st my nights | A |
| Ah lovely thief what wilt thou do | B |
| What rob me of heaven too | B |
| Even in my prayers thou hauntest me | C |
| And I with wild idolatry | C |
| Begin to God and end them all to thee | C |
| Is it a sin to love that it should thus | D |
| Like an ill conscience torture us | D |
| Whate'er I do where'er I go | E |
| None guiltless e'er was haunted so | E |
| Still still methinks thy face I view | B |
| And still thy shape does me pursue | B |
| As if not you me but I had murdered you | B |
| From books I strive some remedy to take | F |
| But thy name all the letters make | F |
| Whate'er 'tis writ I find thee there | G |
| Like points and commas everywhere | G |
| Me blessed for this let no man hold | H |
| For I as Midas did of old | H |
| Perish by turning every thing to gold | H |
| What do I seek alas or why do I | I |
| Attempt in vain from thee to fly | I |
| For making thee my deity | C |
| I gave thee then ubiquity | C |
| My pains resemble hell in this | J |
| The divine presence there too is | K |
| But to torment men not to give them bliss | J |
Abraham Cowley
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