The Discontent Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCDDEECCFFGGHHEIJKKJ DDKKDD A HHHCCKLKLMMNNOPKKKKK K A KKKKCCFFKKQQKKKKRRKK P QQHHKKKKCCKKSKKSAMHH M KKKKMKMKKKKQQ A KKAAKKCCCCCCPPKKKKK

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Here take no Care take here no Care my MuseB
Nor ought of Art or Labour useC
But let thy Lines rude and unpolisht goD
Nor Equal be their Feet nor Num'rous let them flowD
The ruggeder my Measures run when readE
They'l livelier paint th'unequal Paths fond Mortals treadE
Who when th'are tempted by the smooth AscentsC
Which flatt'ring Hope presentsC
Briskly they clime and Great Things undertakeF
But Fatal Voyages alas they makeF
For 'tis not long before their FeetG
Inextricable Mazes meetG
Perplexing Doubts obstruct their WayH
Mountains with stand them of DismayH
Or to the Brink of black Dispaire them leadE
Where's nought their Ruine to impedeI
In vain for Aide they then to Reason callJ
Their Senses dazle and their Heads turn roundK
The sight does all their Pow'rs confoundK
And headlong down the horrid Precipice they fallJ
Where storms of Sighs for ever blowD
Whre raped streams of Tears do flowD
Which drown them in a Briny FloudK
My Muse pronounce aloud there's nothing GoodK
Nought that the World can showD
Nought that it can bestowD
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Not boundless Heaps of its admired ClayH
Ah too successful to betrayH
When spread in our fraile Vertues wayH
For few do run with so Resolv'd a PaceC
That for the Golden Apple will not loose the RaceC
And yet not all the Gold the Vain would spendK
Or greedy Avarice would wish to saveL
Which on the Earth refulgent Beams doth sendK
Or in the Sea has found a GraveL
Joyn'd in one Mass can Bribe sufficient beM
The Body from a stern Disease to freeM
Or purchase for the Minds reliefN
One Moments sweet Repose when restless made by griefN
But what may Laughter more than Pity moveO
When some the Price of what they Dear'st LoveP
Are Masters of and hold it in their HandK
To part with it their Hearts they can't commandK
But chose to miss what miss't does them tormentK
And that to hug affords them no ContentK
Wise Fools to do them Right we these must holdK
Who Love depose and Homage pay to GoldK
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Nor yet if rightly understoodK
Does Grandeur carry more of GoodK
To be o'th' Number of the Great enroll'dK
A Scepter o're a Mighty Realm to holdK
For what is thisC
If I not judge amissC
But all th'Afflicted of a Land to takeF
And f one single Family to makeF
The Wrong'd the Poor th'Opprest the SadK
The Ruin'd Malecontent and MadK
Which a great Part of ev'ry Empire frameQ
And Interest in the common Father claimeQ
Again what is't but always to abideK
A Gazing Crowd upon a Stage to spendK
A Life that's vain or Evil without EndK
And which is yet not safely held nor laid asideK
And then if lesser Titles carry less of CareR
Yet none but Fools ambitious are to shareR
Such a Mock Good of which 'tis said 'tis BestK
When of the least of it Men are possestK
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But O the Laurel'd Fool that doats on FameQ
Whose Hope's Applause whose Fear's to want a NameQ
Who can accept for PayH
Of what he does what others sayH
Exposes now to hostile Arms his BreastK
To toylsome Study then betrays his RestK
Now to his Soul denies a just ContentK
Then forces on it what it does resentK
And all for Praise of Fools for such are thoseC
Which most of the Admiring Crowd composeC
O famisht Soul which such Thin Food can feedK
O Wretched Labour crown'd with such a MeedK
Too loud O Fame thy Trumpet is too shrillS
To lull a Mind to RestK
Or calme a stormy BreastK
Which asks a Musick soft and stillS
'Twas not Almaleck's vanquisht CryA
Nor Israels shout of VictoryM
That could in Saul the rising Passion layH
'Twas the soft strains of David's Lyre the Evil Spirit chace't awayH
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But Friendship fain would yet it self defendK
And Mighty Things it does pretendK
To be of this Sad Journey Life the BaiteK
The Sweet Refection of our toylsome StateK
But though True Friendship a Rich Cordial beM
Alas by most 'tis so alay'dK
Its Good so mixt with Ill we seeM
That Dross for Gold is often paidK
And for one Grain of Friendship that is foundK
Falshood and Interest do the Mass compoundK
Or coldness worse than Steel the Loyal heart doth woundK
Love in no Two was ever yet the sameQ
No Happy Two ere felt an Equal FlameQ
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Is there that Earth by Humane Foot ne're prestK
That Aire which never yet by Humane BreastK
Respir'd did Life supplyA
Oh thither let me flyA
Where from the World at such a distance setK
All that's past present and to come I may forgetK
The Lovers Sighs and the Afflicted TearsC
What e're may wound my Eyes or EarsC
The grating Noise of Private JarsC
The horrid sound of Publick WarsC
Of babling Fame the Idle StoriesC
The short liv'd Triumphs Noysy GloriesC
The Curious Nets the subtile weaveP
The Word the Look that may deceiveP
No Mundan Care shall more affect my BreastK
My profound Peace shake or molestK
But Stupor like to Death my Senses bindK
That so I may anticipate that RestK
Which only in my Grave I hope to findK

Anne Killigrew



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