To Death Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGAA| O King of Terrors whose unbounded Sway | A |
| All that have Life must certainly Obey | A |
| The King the Priest the Prophet all are Thine | B |
| Nor wou'd ev'n God in Flesh thy Stroke decline | B |
| My Name is on thy Roll and sure I must | C |
| Encrease thy gloomy Kingdom in the Dust | C |
| My soul at this no Apprehension feels | D |
| But trembles at thy Swords thy Racks thy Wheels | D |
| Thy scorching Fevers which distract the Sense | E |
| And snatch us raving unprepar'd from hence | E |
| At thy contagious Darts that wound the Heads | F |
| Of weeping Friends who wait at dying Beds | F |
| Spare these and let thy Time be when it will | G |
| My Bus'ness is to Dye and Thine to Kill | G |
| Gently thy fatal Sceptre on me lay | A |
| And take to thy cold Arms insensibly thy Prey | A |
Anne Kingsmill Finch
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