Lament Xiv Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEFGGHHIIGG| Where are those gates through which so long ago | A |
| Orpheus descended to the realms below | A |
| To seek his lost one Little daughter I | B |
| Would find that path and pass that ford whereby | B |
| The grim faced boatman ferries pallid shades | C |
| And drives them forth to joyless cypress glades | C |
| But do thou not desert me lovely lute | D |
| Be thou the furtherance of my mournful suit | D |
| Before dread Pluto till he shall give ear | E |
| To our complaints and render up my dear | F |
| To his dim dwelling all men must repair | G |
| And so must she her father's joy and heir | G |
| But let him grant the fruit now scarce in flower | H |
| To fill and ripen till the harvest hour | H |
| Yet if that god doth bear a heart within | I |
| So hard that one in grief can nothing win | I |
| What can I but renounce this upper air | G |
| And lose my soul but also lose my care | G |
Jan Kochanowski
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