On Death Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEEFFGGDD DDHHII AAJJKKHHLLHHAA| Tell me thou safest End of all our Woe | A |
| Why wreched Mortals do avoid thee so | A |
| Thou gentle drier o'th' afflicteds Tears | B |
| Thou noble ender of the Cowards Fears | C |
| Thou sweet Repose to Lovers sad dispaire | D |
| Thou Calm t'Ambitions rough Tempestuous Care | D |
| If in regard of Bliss thou wert a Curse | E |
| And then the Joys of Paradise art worse | E |
| Yet after Man from his first Station fell | F |
| And God from Eden Adam did expel | F |
| Thou wert no more an Evil but Relief | G |
| The Balm and Cure to ev'ry Humane Grief | G |
| Through thee what Man had forfeited before | D |
| He now enjoys and ne'r can loose it more | D |
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| No subtile Serpents in the Grave betray | D |
| Worms on the Body there not Soul do prey | D |
| No Vice there Tempts no Terrors there afright | H |
| No Coz'ning Sin affords a false delight | H |
| No vain Contentions do that Peace annoy | I |
| No feirce Alarms break the lasting Joy | I |
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| Ah since from thee so many Blessings flow | A |
| Such real Good as Life can never know | A |
| Come when thou wilt in thy afrighting'st Dress | J |
| Thy Shape shall never make thy Welcome less | J |
| Thou mayst to Joy but ne'er to Fear give Birth | K |
| Thou Best as well as Certain'st thing on Earth | K |
| Fly thee May Travellers then fly their Rest | H |
| And hungry Infants fly the profer'd Brest | H |
| No those that faint and tremble at thy Name | L |
| Fly from their Good on a mistaken Fame | L |
| Thus Childish fear did Israel of old | H |
| From Plenty and the Promis'd Land with hold | H |
| They fancy'd Giants and refus'd to go | A |
| When Canaan did with Milk and Honey flow | A |
Anne Killigrew
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