On The Death Of A Fair Infant Dying Of A Cough Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEAFF A EGEGGGG A EEEEEHH GGGGGEE GIGIIJJ GEGEEGG C CCGG EKEKKGG H GGGGGEE H CHCHHGG H GGGGG

IA
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O fairest flower no sooner blown but blastedB
Soft silken Primrose fading timelesslieC
Summers chief honour if thou hadst outlastedD
Bleak winters force that made thy blossome drieE
For he being amorous on that lovely dieA
That did thy cheek envermeil thought to kissF
But kill'd alas and then bewayl'd his fatal blissF
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IIA
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For since grim Aquilo his charioterE
By boistrous rape th' Athenian damsel gotG
He thought it toucht his Deitie full neerE
If likewise he some fair one wedded notG
Thereby to wipe away th' infamous blotG
Of long uncoupled bed and childless eldG
Which 'mongst the wanton gods a foul reproach was heldG
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IIIA
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So mounting up in ycie pearled carrE
Through middle empire of the freezing aireE
He wanderd long till thee he spy'd from farrE
There ended was his quest there ceast his careE
Down he descended from his Snow soft chaireE
But all unwares with his cold kind embraceH
Unhous'd thy Virgin Soul from her fair hiding placeH
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IV-
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Yet art thou not inglorious in thy fateG
For so Apollo with unweeting handG
Whilome did slay his dearly loved mateG
Young Hyacinth born on Eurotas' strandG
Young Hyacinth the pride of Spartan landG
But then transform'd him to a purple flowerE
Alack that so to change thee winter had no powerE
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V-
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Yet can I not perswade me thou art deadG
Or that thy coarse corrupts in earths dark wombeI
Or that thy beauties lie in wormie bedG
Hid from the world in a low delved tombeI
Could Heav'n for pittie thee so strictly doomI
O no for something in thy face did shineJ
Above mortalitie that shew'd thou wast divineJ
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VI-
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Resolve me then oh Soul most surely blestG
If so it be that thou these plaints dost hearE
Tell me bright Spirit where e're thou hoverestG
Whether above that high first moving SpheareE
Or in the Elisian fields if such there wereE
Oh say me true if thou wert mortal wightG
And why from us so quickly thou didst take thy flightG
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VII-
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Wert thou some Starr which from the ruin'd roofe-
Of shak't Olympus by mischance didst fallC
Which carefull Jove in natures true behoofe-
Took up and in fit place did reinstallC
Or did of late earths Sonnes besiege the wallC
Of sheenie Heav'n and thou some goddess fledG
Amongst us here below to hide thy nectar'd headG
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VIII-
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Or wert thou that just Maid who once beforeE
Forsook the hated earth O tell me soothK
And cam'st again to visit us once moreE
Or wert thou that sweet smiling YouthK
Or that crown'd Matron sage white robed TruthK
Or any other of that heav'nly broodG
Let down in clowdie throne to do the world some goodG
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IXH
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Or wert thou of the golden winged boastG
Who having clad thy self in humane weedG
To earth from thy praefixed seat didst poastG
And after short abode flie back with speedG
As if to shew what creatures Heav'n doth breedG
Thereby to set the hearts of men on fireE
To scorn the sordid world and unto Heav'n aspireE
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XH
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But oh why didst thou not stay here belowC
To bless us with thy heav'n lov'd innocenceH
To slake his wrath whom sin hath made our foeC
To turn Swift rushing black perdition henceH
Or drive away the slaughtering pestilenceH
To stand 'twixt us and our deserved smartG
But thou canst best perform that office where thou artG
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XIH
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Then thou the mother of so sweet a childG
Her false imagin'd loss cease to lamentG
And wisely learn to curb thy sorrows wildG
Think what a present thou to God hast sentG
And render him with patience what he lentG
This if thou do he will an off spring give-
That till the worlds last end shall make thy name to live-

John Milton



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