Veil, Lord, Mine Eyes Till She Be Past Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE FGHGIJIJ| Veil Lord mine eyes till she be past | A |
| When Folly tempts my sight | B |
| Keep Thou my palate and my taste | C |
| From gluttonous delight | B |
| Stop Thou mine ear from sirens songs | D |
| My tongue from lies restrain | E |
| Withhold my hands from doing wrongs | D |
| My feet from courses vain | E |
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| Teach likewise ev ry other sense | F |
| To act an honest part | G |
| But chiefly settle innocence | H |
| And pureness in my heart | G |
| So naught without me or within | I |
| Shall work an ill effect | J |
| By tempting me to act a sin | I |
| Or virtues to neglect | J |
George Wither
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