To The Author Of A Poem Entitled Successio Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEFFGGHHAAIJKLM DD| Begone ye Critics and restrain your spite | A |
| Codrus writes on and will for ever write | A |
| The heaviest Muse the swiftest course has gone | B |
| As clocks run fastest when most lead is on | C |
| What tho' no bees around your cradle flew | D |
| Nor on your lips distill'd their golden dew | D |
| Yet have we oft discover'd in their stead | E |
| When you like Orpheus strike the warbling lyre | F |
| Attentive blocks stand round you and admire | F |
| Wit pass'd through thee no longer is the same | G |
| As meat digested takes a diff'rent name | G |
| But sense must sure thy safest plunder be | H |
| Since no reprisals can be made on thee | H |
| Thus thou may'st rise and in thy daring flight | A |
| Though ne'er so weighty reach a wondrous height | A |
| So forced from engines lead itself can fly | I |
| Sure Bavius copied Maevius to the full | J |
| And Chaerilus taught Codrus to be dull | K |
| Therefore dear friend at my advice give o'er | L |
| This needless labour and contend no more | M |
| To prove a dull succession to be true | D |
| Since 'tis enough we find it so in you | D |
Alexander Pope
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