A Dyttie To Hey Downe Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC BCBCCC DACACC AEAECC AFAFCC| Who sekes to tame the blustering winde | A |
| Or causse the floods bend to his wyll | B |
| Or els against dame nature's kinde | A |
| To 'change' things frame by cunning skyll | B |
| That man I thinke bestoweth paine | C |
| Thoughe that his laboure be in vaine | C |
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| Who strives to breake the sturdye steele | B |
| Or goeth about to staye the sunne | C |
| Who thinks to causse an oke to reele | B |
| Which never can by force be done | C |
| That man likewise bestoweth paine | C |
| Thoughe that his laboure be in vaine | C |
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| Who thinks to stryve against the streame | D |
| And for to sayle without a maste | A |
| Unlesse he thinks perhapps to faine | C |
| His travell ys forelorne and waste | A |
| And so in cure of all his paine | C |
| His travell ys his cheffest gaine | C |
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| So he lykewise that goes about | A |
| To please eche eye and every eare | E |
| Had nede to have withouten doubt | A |
| A golden gyft with him to beare | E |
| For evyll report shall be his gaine | C |
| Though he bestowe both toyle and paine | C |
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| God grant eche man one to amend | A |
| God send us all a happy place | F |
| And let us pray unto the end | A |
| That we may have our princes grace | F |
| Amen amen so shall we gaine | C |
| A dewe reward for all our paine | C |
Anonymous Olde English
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