To The Queen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFFGHHH IIJJKK LLMMBBNNHHDDOO PPQQRSJJ TUVVWWXXEEYZ WWWWA2A2 B2B2JJSSC2C2D2D2 E2F2YB2 B2B2WWG2G2| As those who pass the Alps do say | A |
| The Rocks which first oppose their way | A |
| And so amazing High do show | B |
| By fresh Ascents appear but low | B |
| And when they come unto the last | C |
| They scorn the dwarfish Hills th' ave past | C |
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| So though my Muse at her first flight | D |
| Thought she had chose the greatest height | D |
| And imp'd with Alexander's Name | E |
| Believ'd there was no further Fame | E |
| Behold an Eye wholly Divine | F |
| Vouchsaf'd upon my Verse to Shine | F |
| And from that time I'gan to treat | G |
| With Pitty him the World call'd Great | H |
| To smile at his exalted Fate | H |
| Unequal though Gigantick State | H |
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| I saw that Pitch was not sublime | I |
| Compar'd with this which now I climb | I |
| His Glories sunk and were unseen | J |
| When once appear'd the Heav'n born Queen | J |
| Victories Laurels Conquer'd Kings | K |
| Took place among inferiour things | K |
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| Now surely I shall reach the Clouds | L |
| For none besides such Vertue shrouds | L |
| Having scal'd this with holy Strains | M |
| Nought higher but the Heaven remains | M |
| No more I'll Praise on them bestow | B |
| Who to ill Deeds their Glories owe | B |
| Who build their Babels of Renown | N |
| Upon the poor oppressed Crown | N |
| Whole Kingdoms do depopulate | H |
| To raise a Proud and short Liv'd State | H |
| I prize no more such Frantick Might | D |
| Than his that did with Wind Mills Fight | D |
| No give me Prowess that with Charms | O |
| Of Grace and Goodness not with Harms | O |
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| Erects a Throne i'th' inward Parts | P |
| And Rules mens Wills but with their Hearts | P |
| Who with Piety and Vertue thus | Q |
| Propitiates God and Conquers us | Q |
| O that now like Araunah here | R |
| Altars of Praises I could rear | S |
| Suiting her worth which might be seen | J |
| Like a Queens Present to a Queen | J |
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| Alone she stands for Vertues Cause | T |
| When all decry upholds her Laws | U |
| When to Banish her is the Strife | V |
| Keeps her unexil'd in her Life | V |
| Guarding her matchless Innocence | W |
| From Storms of boldest Impudence | W |
| In spight of all the Scoffs and Rage | X |
| And Persecutions of the Age | X |
| Owns Vertues Altar feeds the Flame | E |
| Adores her much derided Name | E |
| While impiously her hands they tie | Y |
| Loves her in her Captivity | Z |
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| Like Perseus saves her when she stands | W |
| Expos'd to the Leviathans | W |
| So did bright Lamps once live in Urns | W |
| So Camphire in the water burns | W |
| So tna's Flames do ne'er go out | A2 |
| Though Snows do freeze its head without | A2 |
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| How dares bold Vice unmasked walk | B2 |
| And like a Giant proudly stalk | B2 |
| When Vertue's so exalted seen | J |
| Arm'd and Triumphant in the Queen | J |
| How dares its Ulcerous Face appear | S |
| When Heavenly Beauty is so near | S |
| But so when God was close at hand | C2 |
| And the bright Cloud did threatning stand | C2 |
| In fight of Israel on the Tent | D2 |
| They on in their Rebellion went | D2 |
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| O that I once so happy were | E2 |
| To find a nearer Shelter there | F2 |
| Till then poor Dove I wandering fly | Y |
| Between the Deluge and the Skie | B2 |
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| Till then I Mourn but do not sing | B2 |
| And oft shall plunge my wearied wing | B2 |
| If her bless'd hand vouchsafe the Grace | W |
| I'th' Ark with her to give a place | W |
| I safe from danger shall be found | G2 |
| When Vice and Folly others drown'd | G2 |
Anne Killigrew
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