A Passage In The Moriae Encomium Of Erasmus. Imitated Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEEFFGG HHIIJJKKLL| In awful pomp and melancholy state | A |
| See settled Reason on the judgement seat | B |
| Around her crowd Distrust and Doubt and Fear | C |
| And thoughtful Foresight and tormenting Care | D |
| Far from the throne the trembling Pleasures stand | E |
| Chain'd up or exiled by her stern command | E |
| Wretched her subjects gloomy sits the queen | F |
| Till happy chance reverts the cruel scene | F |
| And apish Folly with her wild resort | G |
| Of wit and jest disturbs the solemn court | G |
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| See the fantastic Minstrelsy advance | H |
| To breathe the song and animate the dance | H |
| Bless'd the usurper happy the surprise | I |
| Her mimic postures catch our eager eyes | I |
| Her jingling bells affect our captive ear | J |
| And in the sights we see and sounds we hear | J |
| Against our judgement she our sense employs | K |
| The laws of troubled reason she drestroys | K |
| And in their place rejoices to indite | L |
| Wild schemes of mirth and plans of loose delight | L |
Matthew Prior
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