Epistle To James Craggs, Esq., Secretary Of State Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDEEFFGGDDHH| A soul as full of worth as void of pride | A |
| Which nothing seeks to show or needs to hide | A |
| Which nor to guilt nor fear its caution owes | B |
| And boasts a warmth that from no passion flows | B |
| A face untaught to feign a judging eye | C |
| That darts severe upon a rising lie | C |
| And strikes a blush through frontless flattery | D |
| All this thou wert and being this before | E |
| Know kings and fortune cannot make thee more | E |
| Then scorn to gain a friend by servile ways | F |
| Nor wish to lose a foe these virtues raise | F |
| But candid free sincere as you began | G |
| Proceed a minister but still a man | G |
| Be not exalted to whate'er degree | D |
| Ashamed of any friend not even of me | D |
| The patriot's plain but untrod path pursue | H |
| If not 'tis I must be ashamed of you | H |
Alexander Pope
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