A Letter To A Friend, Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDEEFFGG GGHIJJKK LLGGGGMM LLNNOO| As in some wealthy trading Town | A |
| Where Riches raise to fure Renown | A |
| The Man with ample Sums in Store | B |
| More than enough yet wanting more | B |
| Bent on Abundance first secures | C |
| His Rails his Windows and his Doors | D |
| With many a Chain and Bolt and Pin | E |
| To keep Rogues out and Riches in | E |
| Ranges his Iron Chests in View | F |
| And paints his Window Bars with Blue | F |
| Discounts your Notes receives your Rents | G |
| A Banker now to all Intents | G |
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| Suppose his more successful Labours | G |
| Should raise him high above his Neighbours | G |
| As sure as if Apollo said it | H |
| They'll all combine to blast his Credit | I |
| But if in solid Wealth secure | J |
| Their vain Assaults he can endure | J |
| Their Malice but augments his Gain | K |
| And swells the Store it meant to drain | K |
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| The Case in ev'ry Point's the same | L |
| In Funds of Wealth and Funds of Fame | L |
| Tho' you're secur'd by ev'ry Fence | G |
| Of solid Worth and Wit and Sense | G |
| In vain are all your utmost Pains | G |
| Your Virtue's Bars and Wisdom's Chains | G |
| Nor Worth nor Wit nor Sense combin'd | M |
| Can bar the Malice of the Mind | M |
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| The firmest and the fairest Fame | L |
| Is ever Envy's surest Aim | L |
| But if it stand her Rage unmov'd | N |
| Like Gold in fiery Furnace prov'd | N |
| Unbiass'd Truth your Virtues Friend | O |
| Will more exalt you in the End | O |
Mary Barber
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