Ode Vii: On The Use Of Poetry Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDDC AEEFGHF AIIJKKJ LMMNOOP LQQCIIC LRRLSSL LTTUVWU| I | A |
| Not for themselves did human kind | B |
| Contrive the parts by heaven assign'd | B |
| On life's wide scene to play | C |
| Not Scipio's force nor C sar's skill | D |
| Can conquer glory's arduous hill | D |
| If fortune close the way | C |
| - | |
| II | A |
| Yet still the self depending soul | E |
| Though last and least in fortune's roll | E |
| His proper sphere commands | F |
| And knows what nature's seal bestow'd | G |
| And sees before the throne of God | H |
| The rank in which he stands | F |
| - | |
| III | A |
| Who train'd by laws the future age | I |
| Who rescu'd nations from the rage | I |
| Of partial factious power | J |
| My heart with distant homage views | K |
| Content if thou celestial Muse | K |
| Did'st rule my natal hour | J |
| - | |
| IV | L |
| Nor far beneath the hero's feet | M |
| Nor from the legislator's seat | M |
| Stands far remote the bard | N |
| Though not with public terrors crown'd | O |
| Yet wider shall his rule be found | O |
| More lasting his award | P |
| - | |
| V | L |
| Lycurgus fashion'd Sparta's fame | Q |
| And Pompey to the Roman name | Q |
| Gave universal sway | C |
| Where are they Homer's reverend page | I |
| Holds empire to the thirtieth age | I |
| And tongues and climes obey | C |
| - | |
| VI | L |
| And thus when William's acts divine | R |
| No longer shall from Bourbon's line | R |
| Draw one vindictive vow | L |
| When Sidney shall with Cato rest | S |
| And Russel move the patriot's breast | S |
| No more than Brutus now | L |
| - | |
| VII | L |
| Yet then shall Shakespeare's powerful art | T |
| O'er every passion every heart | T |
| Confirm his awful throne | U |
| Tyrants shall bow before his laws | V |
| And freedom's glory's virtue's cause | W |
| Their dread assertor own | U |
Mark Akenside
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