To John Milton "from His Honoured Friend, William Davenant" Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GFGFEE HIJIKK LFLFII FMFMII NONPMM QIQIRS THTHUU VPVPBB WXWXYY ZYNYBB

Poet of mighty power I fainA
Would court the muse that honoured theeB
And like Elisha's spirit gainA
A part of thy intensityB
And share the mantle which she flungC
Around thee when thy lyre was strungC
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Though faction's scorn at first did shunD
With coldness thy inspired songE
Though clouds of malice passed thy sunD
They could not hide it longE
Its brightness soon exhaled awayF
Dank night and gained eternal dayF
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The critics' wrath did darkly frownG
Upon thy muse's mighty layF
But blasts that break the blossom downG
Do only stir the bayF
And thine shall flourish green and longE
With the eternity of songE
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Thy genius saw in quiet moodH
Gilt fashion's follies pass thee byI
And like the monarch of the woodJ
Towered oer it to the skyI
Where thou couldst sing of other spheresK
And feel the fame of future yearsK
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Though bitter sneers and stinging scornsL
Did throng the muse's dangerous wayF
Thy powers were past such little thornsL
They gave thee no dismayF
The scoffer's insult passed thee byI
Thou smild'st and mad'st him no replyI
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Envy will gnaw its heart awayF
To see thy genius gather rootM
And as its flowers their sweets displayF
Scorn's malice shall be muteM
Hornets that summer warmed to flyI
Shall at the death of summer dieI
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Though friendly praise hath but its hourN
And little praise with thee hath beenO
The bay may lose its summer flowerN
But still its leaves are greenP
And thine whose buds are on the shootM
Shall only fade to change to fruitM
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Fame lives not in the breath of wordsQ
In public praises' hue and cryI
The music of these summer birdsQ
Is silent in a winter skyI
When thine shall live and flourish onR
Oer wrecks where crowds of fames are goneS
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The ivy shuns the city wallT
When busy clamorous crowds intrudeH
And climbs the desolated hallT
In silent solitudeH
The time worn arch the fallen domeU
Are roots for its eternal homeU
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The bard his glory neer receivesV
Where summer's common flowers are seenP
But winter finds it when she leavesV
The laurel only greenP
And time from that eternal treeB
Shall weave a wreath to honour theeB
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A sunny wreath for poets meetW
From Helicon's immortal soilX
Where sacred Time with pilgrim feetW
Walks forth to worship not to spoilX
A wreath which Fame creates and bearsY
And deathless genius only heirsY
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Nought but thy ashes shall expireZ
Thy genius at thy obsequiesY
Shall kindle up its living fireN
And light the muse's skiesY
Ay it shall rise and shine and beB
A sun in song's posterityB

John Clare



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