To Mr. Thomas Southern, On His Birth-day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEEFFCCGGDDHHII| Resign'd to live prepar'd to die | A |
| With not one sin but poetry | B |
| This day Tom's fair account has run | C |
| Without a blot to eighty one | C |
| Kind Boyle before his poet lays | D |
| A table with a cloth of bays | D |
| And Ireland mother of sweet singers | E |
| Presents her harp still to his fingers | E |
| The feast his tow'ring genius marks | F |
| In yonder wild goose and the larks | F |
| The mushrooms shew his wit was sudden | C |
| And for his judgement lo a pudden | C |
| Roast beef tho' old proclaims him stout | G |
| And grace altho' a bard devout | G |
| May Tom whom heav'n send down to raise | D |
| The price of prologues and of plays | D |
| He ev'ry birth day more a winner | H |
| Digest his thirty thousandth dinner | H |
| Walk to his grave without reproach | I |
| And scorn a rascal and a coach | I |
Alexander Pope
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