To The True Patronesse Of All Poetrie, Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCEFGFGFF| IT is a statute in deepe wisdomes lore | A |
| That for his lines none should a patro n chuse | B |
| By wealth or pouerty by lesse or more | A |
| But who the same is able to peruse | B |
| Nor ought a man his labours dedicate | C |
| Without a true and sensible desert | D |
| To any power of such a mighty state | C |
| And such a wise Defendresse as thou art | E |
| Thou great and powerfull Muse then pardon mee | F |
| That I presume the Mayden cheeke to stayne | G |
| In dedicating such a work to thee | F |
| Sprung from the issue of an idle brayne | G |
| I vse thee as a woman ought to be | F |
| I consecrate my idle howres to thee | F |
Francis Beaumont
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