From 'samson Agonistes' I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCDBEFGHBBHIGHBB BHBHHHHHBBBBBB BBJJCCK CCBBHHB LDMNKKH BBCCBBH OOCCHHC

OH how comely it is and how revivingA
To the Spirits of just men long opprestB
When God into the hands of thir delivererC
Puts invincible mightB
To quell the mighty of the Earth th' oppressourC
The brute and boist'rous force of violent menD
Hardy and industrious to supportB
Tyrannic power but raging to pursueE
The righteous and all such as honour TruthF
He all thir AmmunitionG
And feats of War defeatsH
With plain Heroic magnitude of mindB
And celestial vigour arm'dB
Thir Armories and Magazins contemnsH
Renders them useless whileI
With winged expeditionG
Swift as the lightning glance he executesH
His errand on the wicked who surpris'dB
Lose thir defence distracted and amaz'dB
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ALL is best though we oft doubtB
What th' unsearchable disposeH
Of highest wisdom brings aboutB
And ever best found in the closeH
Oft he seems to hide his faceH
But unexpectedly returnsH
And to his faithful Champion hath in placeH
Bore witness gloriously whence Gaza mournsH
And all that band them to resistB
His uncontroulable intentB
His servants he with new acquistB
Of true experience from this great eventB
With peace and consolation hath dismistB
And calm of mind all passion spentB
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O FOR some honest lover's ghostB
nbsp nbsp nbsp Some kind unbodied postB
nbsp nbsp nbsp Sent from the shades belowJ
nbsp nbsp nbsp I strangely long to knowJ
Whether the noble chaplets wearC
Those that their mistress' scorn did bearC
nbsp nbsp nbsp Or those that were used kindlyK
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For whatsoe'er they tell us hereC
nbsp nbsp nbsp To make those sufferings dearC
nbsp nbsp nbsp 'Twill there I fear be foundB
nbsp nbsp nbsp That to the being crown'dB
T' have loved alone will not sufficeH
Unless we also have been wiseH
nbsp nbsp nbsp And have our loves enjoy'dB
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What posture can we think him inL
nbsp nbsp nbsp That here unloved againD
nbsp nbsp nbsp Departs and 's thither goneM
nbsp nbsp nbsp Where each sits by his ownN
Or how can that Elysium beK
Where I my mistress still must seeK
nbsp nbsp nbsp Circled in other's armsH
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For there the judges all are justB
nbsp nbsp nbsp And Sophonisba mustB
nbsp nbsp nbsp Be his whom she held dearC
nbsp nbsp nbsp Not his who loved her hereC
The sweet Philoclea since she diedB
Lies by her Pirocles his sideB
nbsp nbsp nbsp Not by AmphialusH
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Some bays perchance or myrtle boughO
nbsp nbsp nbsp For difference crowns the browO
nbsp nbsp nbsp Of those kind souls that wereC
nbsp nbsp nbsp The noble martyrs hereC
And if that be the only oddsH
As who can tell ye kinder godsH
nbsp nbsp nbsp Give me the woman hereC

John Milton



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