Songs In The "indian Emperor." Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDDDEFGGHHHIJJI A KLMKMNNONP| I | A |
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| Ah fading joy how quickly art thou past | B |
| Yet we thy ruin haste | C |
| As if the cares of human life were few | D |
| We seek out new | D |
| And follow Fate which would too fast pursue | D |
| See how on every bough the birds express | E |
| In their sweet notes their happiness | F |
| They all enjoy and nothing spare | G |
| But on their mother Nature lay their care | G |
| Why then should man the lord of all below | H |
| Such troubles choose to know | H |
| As none of all his subjects undergo | H |
| Hark hark the waters fall fall fall | I |
| And with a murmuring sound | J |
| Dash dash upon the ground | J |
| To gentle slumbers call | I |
| - | |
| II | A |
| - | |
| I look'd and saw within the book of fate | K |
| When many days did lour | L |
| When lo one happy hour | M |
| Leap'd up and smiled to save the sinking state | K |
| A day shall come when in thy power | M |
| Thy cruel foes shall be | N |
| Then shall thy land be free | N |
| And then in peace shall reign | O |
| But take O take that opportunity | N |
| Which once refused will never come again | P |
John Dryden
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