Felix Opportunitate Mortis Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACDDCDC| Exile or Caesar Death hath solved thy doubt | A |
| And made thee certain of thy changeless fate | B |
| And thou no more hast wearily to wait | B |
| Straining to catch the people's tarrying shout | A |
| That from unrestful rest would drag thee out | A |
| And push thee to those pinnacles of State | B |
| Round which throng courtly loves uncourted hate | B |
| Servility's applause and envy's flout | A |
| Twice happy boy though cut off in thy flower | C |
| The timeliest doom of all thy race is thine | D |
| Saved from the sad alternative to pine | D |
| For heights unreached or icily to tower | C |
| Like Alpine crests that only specious shine | D |
| And glitter on the lonely peak of Power | C |
Alfred Austin
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