Lament Ix Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEFGGAAHHIIJJ| Thou shouldst be purchased Wisdom for much gold | A |
| If all they say of thee is truly told | A |
| That thou canst root out from the mind the host | B |
| Of longings and canst change a man almost | B |
| Into an angel whom no grief can sap | C |
| Who is not prone to fear nor evil hap | C |
| Thou seest all things human as they are | D |
| Trifles Thou bearest in thy breast a star | D |
| Fixed and tranquil and dost contemplate | E |
| Death unafraid still calm inviolate | F |
| Of riches one thing thou dost hold the measure | G |
| Proportion to man's needs not gold nor treasure | G |
| Thy searching eyes have power to behold | A |
| The beggar housed beneath the roof of gold | A |
| Nor dost thou grudge the poor man fame as blest | H |
| If he but hearken him to thy behest | H |
| Oh hapless hapless man am I who sought | I |
| If I might gain thy thresholds by much thought | I |
| Cast down from thy last steps after so long | J |
| But one amid the countless hopeless throng | J |
Jan Kochanowski
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