Upon Young Mr. Rogers, Of Gloucestershire Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD| Of gentle blood his parents' only treasure | A |
| Their lasting sorrow and their vanished pleasure | A |
| Adorned with features virtues wit and grace | B |
| A large provision for so short a race | B |
| More moderate gifts might have prolonged his date | C |
| Too early fitted for a better state | C |
| But knowing heaven his home to shun delay | D |
| He leaped o'er age and took the shortest way | D |
John Dryden
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