To Monseigneur The Dauphin.[1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBBCC DDEEFFGGHH| I sing the heroes of old Aesop's line | A |
| Whose tale though false when strictly we define | A |
| Containeth truths it were not ill to teach | B |
| With me all natures use the gift of speech | B |
| Yea in my work the very fishes preach | B |
| And to our human selves their sermons suit | C |
| 'Tis thus to come at man I use the brute | C |
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| Son of a Prince the favourite of the skies | D |
| On whom the world entire hath fix'd its eyes | D |
| Who hence shall count his conquests by his days | E |
| And gather from the proudest lips his praise | E |
| A louder voice than mine must tell in song | F |
| What virtues to thy kingly line belong | F |
| I seek thine ear to gain by lighter themes | G |
| Slight pictures deck'd in magic nature's beams | G |
| And if to please thee shall not be my pride | H |
| I'll gain at least the praise of having tried | H |
Jean De La Fontaine
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