Envoi Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDEF GHIJKLLMN OPOQRRLSTD| Go dumb born book | A |
| Tell her that sang me once that song of Lawes | B |
| Hadst thou but song | C |
| As thou hast subjects known | D |
| Then were there cause in thee that should condone | D |
| Even my faults that heavy upon me lie | E |
| And build her glories their longevity | F |
| - | |
| Tell her that sheds | G |
| Such treasure in the air | H |
| Recking naught else but that her graces give | I |
| Life to the moment | J |
| I would bid them live | K |
| As roses might in magic amber laid | L |
| Red overwrought with orange and all made | L |
| One substance and one color | M |
| Braving time | N |
| - | |
| Tell her that goes | O |
| With song upon her lips | P |
| But sings not out the song nor knows | O |
| The maker of it some other mouth | Q |
| May be as fair as hers | R |
| Might in new ages gain her worshippers | R |
| When our two dusts with Waller's shall be laid | L |
| Siftings on siftings in oblivion | S |
| Till change hath broken down | T |
| All things save beauty alone | D |
Ezra Pound
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