Jean De La Fontaine

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Love And Folly Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEFEEEEEEGGHIJH KKLLGGEEEEEMMEEEENN

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Love bears a world of mysteryB
His arrows quiver torch and infancyB
'Tis not a trifling work to soundC
A sea of science so profoundC
And hence t' explain it all to dayD
Is not my aim but in my simple wayD
To show how that blind archer ladE
And he a god came by the loss of sightF
And eke what consequence the evil hadE
Or good perhaps if named arightE
A point I leave the lover to decideE
As fittest judge who hath the matter triedE
Together on a certain dayE
Said Love and Folly were at playE
The former yet enjoy'd his eyesG
Dispute arose Love thought it wiseG
Before the council of the gods to goH
Where both of them by birth held stationsI
But Folly in her lack of patienceJ
Dealt on his forehead such a blowH
As seal'd his orbs to all the light of heavenK
Now Venus claim'd that vengeance should be givenK
And by what force of tears yourselves may guessL
The woman and the mother sought redressL
The gods were deafen'd with her criesG
Jove Nemesis the stern assizeG
Of Orcus all the gods in shortE
From whom she might the boon extortE
The enormous wrong she well portray'dE
Her son a wretched groper madeE
An ugly staff his steps to aidE
For such a crime it would appearM
No punishment could be severeM
The damage too must be repair'dE
The case maturely weigh'd and castE
The public weal with private squaredE
Poor Folly was condemn'd at lastE
By judgment of the court aboveN
To serve for aye as guide to LoveN

Jean De La Fontaine



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