The Retreat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHH| Pursue no more my thoughts that false unkind | A |
| You may assoon imprison the North wind | A |
| Or catch the Lightning as it leaps or reach | B |
| The leading billow first ran down the breach | B |
| Or undertake the flying clouds to track | C |
| In the same path they yesterday did rack | C |
| Then like a Torch turn'd downward let the same | D |
| Desire which nourisht it put out your flame | D |
| Loe thus I doe divorce thee from my brest | E |
| False to thy vow and traitour to my rest | E |
| Henceforth thy tears shall be though thou repent | F |
| Like pardons after execution sent | F |
| Nor shalt thou ever my loves story read | G |
| But as some Epitaph of what is dead | G |
| So may my hope on future blessings dwell | H |
| As 'tis my firm resolve and last farewell | H |
Henry King
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