The Burning Of Paules Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCB DEDECCE DFDFAAF EGEGDDG| Lament eche one the blazing fire | A |
| That downe from heaven came | B |
| And burnt S Powles his lofty spyre | A |
| With lightnings furious flame | B |
| Lament I say | C |
| Both night and day | C |
| Sith London's sins did cause the same | B |
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| The fire came downe from heaven soone | D |
| But did not strike the crosse | E |
| At fower in the afternoone | D |
| To our most grevous losse | E |
| Could nothing stay | C |
| The sad decay | C |
| The lead was molten into drosse | E |
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| For five long howers the fire did burn | D |
| The roof and timbers strong | F |
| The bells fell downe and we must mourne | D |
| The wind it was so strong | F |
| It made the fier | A |
| To blaze the higher | A |
| And doe the church still greater wrong | F |
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| O London think on thine amisse | E |
| Which brought this great mishap | G |
| Remember how thou livde in blisse | E |
| And layde in vices lap | G |
| O now begin | D |
| Repent thy sin | D |
| And say it shall no more entrap | G |
Anonymous Olde English
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