Sonnet Liv. A Persian King To His Son Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BAACCAACDADAEE| FROM A PROSE TRANSLATION IN SIR WILLIAM JONES' ESSAY ON THE POETRY OF THE EASTERN NATIONS | A |
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| Guard thou my Son the Helpless and the Poor | B |
| Nor in the chains of thine own indolence | A |
| Slumber enervate while the joys of sense | A |
| Engross thee and thou say'st I ask no more | C |
| Wise Men the Shepherd's slumber will deplore | C |
| When the rapacious Wolf has leapt the fence | A |
| And ranges thro' the fold My Son dispense | A |
| Those laws that justice to the Wrong'd restore | C |
| The Common Weal shou'd be the first pursuit | D |
| Of the crown'd Warrior for the royal brows | A |
| The People first enwreath'd They are the Root | D |
| The King the Tree Aloft he spreads his boughs | A |
| Glorious but learn impetuous Youth at length | E |
| Trees from the Root alone derive their strength | E |
Anna Seward
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