Sonnet Lvii. To Dependence Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEFGHGHGH| DEPENDENCE heavy heavy are thy chains | A |
| And happier they who from the dangerous sea | B |
| Or the dark mine procure with ceaseless pains | A |
| A hard earn'd pittance than who trust to thee | B |
| More blest the hind who from his bed of flock | C |
| Starts when the birds of morn their summons give | D |
| And waken'd by the lark ' the shepherd's clock ' | E |
| Lives but to labour labouring but to live | F |
| More noble than the sycophant whose art | G |
| Must heap with tawdry flowers thy hated shrine | H |
| I envy not the meed thou canst impart | G |
| To crown his service while tho' pride combine | H |
| With Fraud to crush me my unfetter'd heart | G |
| Still to the Mountain Nymph may offer mine | H |
Charlotte Smith
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