Epilogue To The Indian Queen. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFFGGHIJFKLMNJJ| SPOKEN BY MONTEZUMA | A |
| - | |
| You see what shifts we are enforced to try | B |
| To help out wit with some variety | C |
| Shows may be found that never yet were seen | D |
| 'Tis hard to find such wit as ne'er has been | E |
| You have seen all that this old world can do | F |
| We therefore try the fortune of the new | F |
| And hope it is below your aim to hit | G |
| At untaught nature with your practised wit | G |
| Our naked Indians then when wits appear | H |
| Would as soon choose to have the Spaniards here | I |
| 'Tis true you have marks enough the plot the show | J |
| The poet's scenes nay more the painter's too | F |
| If all this fail considering the cost | K |
| 'Tis a true voyage to the Indies lost | L |
| But if you smile on all then these designs | M |
| Like the imperfect treasure of our minds | N |
| Will pass for current wheresoe'er they go | J |
| When to your bounteous hands their stamps they owe | J |
John Dryden
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