Elegy Ii On The Death Of The University Beadle At Cambridge.1 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDD EFEFGG HIHIJJ KLMLNN OPOPQQThee whose refulgent staff and summons clear | A |
Minerva's flock longtime was wont t'obey | B |
Although thyself an herald famous here | C |
The last of heralds Death has snatch'd away | B |
He calls on all alike nor even deigns | D |
To spare the office that himself sustains | D |
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Thy locks were whiter than the plumes display'd | E |
By Leda's paramour in ancient time | F |
But thou wast worthy ne'er to have decay'd | E |
Or Aeson like to know a second prime | F |
Worthy for whom some Goddess should have won | G |
New life oft kneeling to Apollo's son | G |
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Commission'd to convene with hasty call | H |
The gowned tribes how graceful wouldst thou stand | I |
So stood Cyllenius erst in Priam's hall | H |
Wing footed messenger of Jove's command | I |
And so Eurybates when he address'd | J |
To Peleus' son Atrides' proud behest | J |
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Dread Queen of sepulchres whose rig'rous laws | K |
And watchful eyes run through the realms below | L |
Oh oft too adverse to Minerva's cause | M |
Too often to the Muse not less a foe | L |
Chose meaner marks and with more equal aim | N |
Pierce useless drones earth's burthen and its shame | N |
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Flow therefore tears for Him from ev'ry eye | O |
All ye disciples of the Muses weep | P |
Assembling all in robes of sable dye | O |
Around his bier lament his endless sleep | P |
And let complaining Elegy rehearse | Q |
In every School her sweetest saddest verse | Q |
John Milton
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