Answer To A Beautiful Poem, Entitled 'the Common Lot' Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDE FGFG GHGI JKJL MNOP QRQR STST QNQN UVUV ABAB| MONTGOMERY true the common lot | A |
| Of mortals lies in Lethe's wave | B |
| Yet some shall never be forgot | A |
| Some shall exist beyond the grave | B |
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| 'Unknown the region of his birth ' | - |
| The hero rolls the tide of war | C |
| Yet not unknown his martial worth | D |
| Which glares a meteor from afar | E |
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| His joy or grief his weal or woe | F |
| Perchance may 'scape the page of fame | G |
| Yet nations now unborn will know | F |
| The record of his deathless name | G |
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| The patriot's and the poet's frame | G |
| Must share the common tomb of all | H |
| Their glory will not sleep the same | G |
| That will arise though empires fail | I |
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| The lustre of a beauty's eye | J |
| Assumes the ghastly stare of death | K |
| The fair the brave the good must die | J |
| And sink the yawning grave beneath | L |
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| Once more the speaking eye revive | M |
| Still beaming through the lover's strain | N |
| For Petrarch's Laura still survives | O |
| She died but ne'er will die again | P |
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| The rolling seasons pass away | Q |
| And Time untiring waves his wing | R |
| Whilst honour's laurel ne'er decay | Q |
| But bloom in fresh unfading spring | R |
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| All all must sleep in grim repose | S |
| Collected in the silent tomb | T |
| The old and young with friends and foes | S |
| Fest'ring alike in shrouds consume | T |
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| The mouldering marble lasts its day | Q |
| Yet falls at length an useless fane | N |
| To ruin's ruthless fangs a prey | Q |
| The wrecks of pillar'd pride remain | N |
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| What though the sculpture he destroy'd | U |
| From dark oblivion meant to ward | V |
| A bright renown shall he enjoy'd | U |
| By those whose virtues claim reward | V |
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| Then do not say the common lot | A |
| Of all lies deep in Lethe's wave | B |
| Some few who ne'er will be forgot | A |
| Shall burst the bondage of the grave | B |
George Gordon Byron
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