To Sir Henry Vane The Younger Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACDECDE| Vane young in years but in sage counsel old | A |
| Than whom a better senator ne er held | B |
| The helm of Rome when gowns not arms repelled | B |
| The fierce Epirot and the African bold | A |
| Whether to settle peace or to unfold | A |
| The drift of hollow states hard to be spelled | B |
| Then to advise how war may best upheld | B |
| Move by her two main nerves iron and gold | A |
| In all her equipage besides to know | C |
| Both spiritual power and civil what each means | D |
| What severs each thou hast learned which few have done | E |
| The bounds of either sword to thee we owe | C |
| Therefore on thy firm hand Religion leans | D |
| In peace and reckons thee her eldest son | E |
John Milton
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