Love Of Fame, The Universal Passion (excerpt) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGEEHHII JJKKLMNNOO| Man's rich with little were his judgment true | A |
| Nature is frugal and her wants are few | A |
| Those few wants answer'd bring sincere delights | B |
| But fools create themselves new appetites | B |
| Fancy and pride seek things at vast expense | C |
| Which relish not to reason nor to sense | C |
| When surfeit or unthankfulness destroys | D |
| In nature's narrow sphere our solid joys | D |
| In fancy's airy land of noise and show | E |
| Where nought but dreams no real pleasures grow | E |
| Like cats in air pumps to subsist we strive | F |
| On joys too thin to keep the soul alive | F |
| Lemira's sick make haste the doctor call | G |
| He comes but where's his patient At the ball | G |
| The doctor stares her woman curt'sies low | E |
| And cries My lady sir is always so | E |
| Diversions put her maladies to flight | H |
| True she can't stand but she can dance all night | H |
| I've known my lady for she loves a tune | I |
| For fevers take an opera in June | I |
| And though perhaps you'll think the practice bold | J |
| A midnight park is sovereign for a cold | J |
| With colics breakfasts of green fruit agree | K |
| With indigestions supper just at three | K |
| A strange alternative replied Sir Hans | L |
| Must women have a doctor or a dance | M |
| Though sick to death abroad they safely roam | N |
| But droop and die in perfect health at home | N |
| For want but not of health are ladies ill | O |
| And tickets cure beyond the doctor's bill | O |
Edward Young
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