Verses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHIJ GKGKLL| The sturdy rock for all his strength | A |
| By raging seas is rent in twaine | B |
| The marble stone is pearst at length | A |
| With littel drops of drizzling raine | B |
| The ox doth yield unto the yoke | C |
| The steele obeyeth the hammer stroke | C |
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| The stately stagge that seemes as stout | D |
| By yalping hounds at day is set | E |
| The swiftest bird that flies about | D |
| Is caught at length in fowler's net | E |
| The greatest fish in deepest brooke | F |
| Is soon deceiv'd by subtill hooke | F |
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| Yea man himselfe unto whose will | G |
| All thinges are bounden to obey | H |
| For all his wit and worthie skill | G |
| Doth fade at length and fall away | H |
| There nothing is but Time doth waste | I |
| The heavens the earth comsume at last | J |
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| But Virtue sits triumphing still | G |
| Upon the throne of glorious fame | K |
| Though spiteful death man's body kill | G |
| Yet hurts he not his vertuous name | K |
| By life or death what so betides | L |
| The state of virtue never slides | L |
Anonymous Olde English
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