Epilogue To Book Xi Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDCDCCEEEFFGGHHI IJJKK| 'Tis thus by crystal fount my muse hath sung | A |
| Translating into heavenly tongue | A |
| Whatever came within my reach | B |
| From hosts of beings borr'wing nature's speech | B |
| Interpreter of tribes diverse | C |
| I've made them actors on my motley stage | D |
| For in this boundless universe | C |
| There's none that talketh simpleton or sage | D |
| More eloquent at home than in my verse | C |
| If some should find themselves by me the worse | C |
| And this my work prove not a model true | E |
| To that which I at least rough hew | E |
| Succeeding hands will give the finish due | E |
| Ye pets of those sweet sisters nine | F |
| Complete the task that I resign | F |
| The lessons give which doubtless I've omitted | G |
| With wings by these inventions nicely fitted | G |
| But you're already more than occupied | H |
| For while my muse her harmless work hath plied | H |
| All Europe to our sovereign yields | I |
| And learns upon her battle fields | I |
| To bow before the noblest plan | J |
| That ever monarch form'd or man | J |
| Thence draw those sisters themes sublime | K |
| With power to conquer Fate and Time | K |
Jean De La Fontaine
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