Inscriptions: Iv: O Youths And Virgins Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEAFAGHAIAAAJKAA L| O youths and virgins o declining eld | A |
| O pale misfortune's slaves o ye who dwell | B |
| Unknown with humble quiet ye who wait | A |
| In courts or fill the golden seat of kings | C |
| O sons of sport and pleasure o thou wretch | D |
| That weep'st for jealous love or the sore wounds | E |
| Of conscious guilt or death's rapacious hand | A |
| Which left thee void of hope o ye who roam | F |
| In exile ye who through the embattled field | A |
| Seek bright renown or who for nobler palms | G |
| Contend the leaders of a public cause | H |
| Approach behold this marble Know ye not | A |
| The features Hath not oft his faithful tongue | I |
| Told you the fashion of your own estate | A |
| The secrets of your bosom Here then round | A |
| His monument with reverence while ye stand | A |
| Say to each other This was Shakespear's form | J |
| Who walk'd in every path of human life | K |
| Felt every passion and to all mankind | A |
| Doth now will ever that experience yield | A |
| Which his own genius only could acquire | L |
Mark Akenside
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