Upon Honour. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDEFFGGHI| Honour I say or honest Fame | A |
| I mean the substance not the name | A |
| Not that light heap of tawdry wares | B |
| Ermin Coronets and Stars | C |
| Which often is by merit sought | D |
| By gold and flatt'ry oft'ner bought | E |
| The shade for which Ambition looks | F |
| In Selden's or in Ashmole's books | F |
| But the true glory which proceeds | G |
| Reflected bright from honest deeds | G |
| Which we in our Own breast perceive | H |
| And Kings can neither take nor give | I |
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