Verses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEEFFGGHIFFJJ| Sent by Lord Melcombe to Dr Young Not Long Before His Lordship's Death | A |
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| Kind companion of my youth | B |
| Lov'd for genius worth and truth | B |
| Take what friendship can impart | C |
| Tribute of a feeling heart | C |
| Take the muse's latest spark | D |
| Ere we drop into the dark | D |
| He who parts and virtue gave | E |
| Bad thee look beyond the grave | E |
| Genius soars and virtue guides | F |
| Above the love of God presides | F |
| There's a gulf 'twixt us and God | G |
| Let the gloomy path be trod | G |
| Why stand shivering on the shore | H |
| Why not boldly venture o'er | I |
| Where unerring virtue guides | F |
| Let us have the winds and tides | F |
| Safe through seas of doubts and fears | J |
| Rides the bark which virtue steers | J |
Edward Young
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