Sonnet 19 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCBDCCBEFGEFG| XIX | A |
| - | |
| When I consider how my light is spent | B |
| Ere half my days in this dark world and wide | C |
| And that one talent which is death to hide | C |
| Lodged with me useless though my soul more bent | B |
| To serve therewith my Maker and present | D |
| My true account lest He returning chide | C |
| Doth God exact day labour light denied | C |
| I fondly ask But patience to prevent | B |
| That murmur soon replies God doth not need | E |
| Either man's work or his own gifts Who best | F |
| Bear His mild yoke they serve Him best His state | G |
| Is kingly thousands at His bidding speed | E |
| And post o'er land and ocean without rest | F |
| They also serve who only stand and wait | G |
John Milton
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