To Lord Thurlow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAB AACCADA EEABAB FBFBGHGH| 'I lay my branch of laurel down | A |
| Then thus to form Apollo's crown | A |
| Let every other bring his own ' Lord Thurlow's lines to Mr Rogers | B |
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| 'I lay my branch of laurel down ' | - |
| Thou 'lay thy branch of laurel down ' | - |
| Why what thou'st stole is not enow | A |
| And were it lawfully thine own | A |
| Does Rogers want it most or thou | C |
| Keep to thyself thy wither'd bough | C |
| Or send it back to Doctor Donne | A |
| Were justice done to both I trow | D |
| He'd have but little and thou none | A |
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| 'Then thus to form Apollo's crown ' | - |
| A crown why twist it how you will | E |
| Thy chaplet must be foolscap still | E |
| When next you visit Delphi's town | A |
| Inquire amongst your fellow lodgers | B |
| They'll tell you Phoebus gave his crown | A |
| Some years before your birth to Rogers | B |
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| 'Let every other bring his own ' | - |
| When coals to Newcastle are carried | F |
| And owls sent to Athens as wonders | B |
| From his spouse when the R egent's un married | F |
| Or Liverpool weeps o'er his blunders | B |
| When Tories and Whigs cease to quarrel | G |
| When Castlereagh's wife has an heir | H |
| Then Rogers shall ask us for laurel | G |
| And thou shalt have plenty to spare | H |
George Gordon Byron
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