The Change Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCBBDEFFGG AAHIJJKKLLMMNN OPQRIHSS TTUVPP WWXXSSPPYYZZ A2A2| POOR River now thou'rt almost dry | A |
| What Nymph or Swain will near thee lie | A |
| Since brought alas to sad Decay | B |
| What Flocks or Herds will near thee stay | B |
| The Swans that sought thee in thy Pride | C |
| Now on new Streams forgetful ride | C |
| And Fish that in thy Bosom lay | B |
| Chuse in more prosp'rous Floods to play | B |
| All leave thee now thy Ebb appears | D |
| To waste thy sad Remains in Tears | E |
| Nor will thy mournful Murmurs heed | F |
| Fly wretched Stream with all thy speed | F |
| Amongst those solid Rocks thy Griefs bestow | G |
| For Friends like those alas thou ne'er did'st know | G |
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| And thou poor Sun that sat'st on high | A |
| But late the Splendour of the Sky | A |
| What Flow'r tho' by thy Influence born | H |
| Now Clouds prevail will tow'rds thee turn | I |
| Now Darkness sits upon thy Brow | J |
| What Persian Votary will bow | J |
| What River will her Smiles reflect | K |
| Now that no Beams thou can'st direct | K |
| By watry Vapours overcast | L |
| Who thinks upon thy Glories past | L |
| If present Light nor Heat we get | M |
| Unheeded thou may'st rise and set | M |
| Not all the past can one Adorer keep | N |
| Fall wretched Sun to the more faithful Deep | N |
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| Nor do thou lofty Structure boast | O |
| Since undermin'd by Time and Frost | P |
| Since thou canst no Reception give | Q |
| In untrod Meadows thou may'st live | R |
| None from his ready Road will turn | I |
| With thee thy wretched Change to mourn | H |
| Not the soft Nights or chearful Days | S |
| Thou hast bestow'd can give thee Praise | S |
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| No lusty Tree that near thee grows | T |
| Tho' it beneath thy Shelter rose | T |
| Will to thy Age a Staff become | U |
| Fall wretched Building to thy Tomb | V |
| Thou and thy painted Roofs in Ruin mixt | P |
| Fall to the Earth for That alone is fixt | P |
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| The same poor Man the same must be | W |
| Thy Fate now Fortune frowns on thee | W |
| Her Favour ev'ry one pursues | X |
| And losing Her thou all must lose | X |
| No Love sown in thy prosp'rous Days | S |
| Can Fruit in this cold Season raise | S |
| No Benefit by thee conferr'd | P |
| Can in this time of Storms be heard | P |
| All from thy troubl'd Waters run | Y |
| Thy stooping Fabrick all Men shun | Y |
| All do thy clouded Looks decline | Z |
| As if thou ne'er did'st on them shine | Z |
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| O wretched Man to other World's repair | A2 |
| For Faith and Gratitude are only there | A2 |
Anne Kingsmill Finch
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