From A Satire Written To King James I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGH| Did I not know a great man's power and might | A |
| In spite of innocence can smother right | A |
| Colour his villainies to get esteem | B |
| And make the honest man the villain seem | B |
| I know it and the world doth know 'tis true | C |
| Yet I protest if such a man I knew | C |
| That might my country prejudice or thee | D |
| Were he the greatest or the proudest he | D |
| That breathes this day if so it might be found | E |
| That any good to either might redound | E |
| I unappalled dare in such a case | F |
| Rip up his foulest crimes before his face | F |
| Though for my labour I were sure to drop | G |
| Into the mouth of ruin without hope | H |
George Wither
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