Ocean: An Ode. Concluding With A Wish. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEEFFGGHH| What do we see Cato then become | A |
| A greater name in Britain than in Rome | B |
| Does mankind now admire his virtues more | C |
| Though Lucan Horace Virgil wrote before | C |
| How will posterity this truth explain | D |
| Cato begins to live in Anna's reign | D |
| The world's great chiefs in council or in arms | E |
| Rise in your lines with more exalted charms | E |
| Illustrious deeds in distant nations wrought | F |
| And virtues by departed heroes taught | F |
| Raise in your soul a pure immortal flame | G |
| Adorn your life and consecrate your fame | G |
| To your renown all ages you subdue | H |
| And Caesar fought and Cato bled for you | H |
Edward Young
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