Sonnet To The Prince Regent.[ig] On The Repeal Of Lord Edward Fitzgerald's Forfeiture Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDBECFGAFHA I C| To be the father of the fatherless | A |
| To stretch the hand from the throne's height and raise | B |
| His offspring who expired in other days | B |
| To make thy Sire's sway by a kingdom less ih | C |
| This is to be a monarch and repress | D |
| Envy into unutterable praise | B |
| Dismiss thy guard and trust thee to such traits | E |
| For who would lift a hand except to bless ii | C |
| Were it not easy Sir and is't not sweet | F |
| To make thyself belov d and to be | G |
| Omnipotent by Mercy's means for thus | A |
| Thy Sovereignty would grow but more complete | F |
| A despot thou and yet thy people free ij | H |
| And by the heart not hand enslaving us | A |
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| Bologna August | I |
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| First published Letters and Journals ii | C |
George Gordon Byron
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