Duty Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBBBBBB CDCEDE| Oh I am weak to serve thee as I ought | A |
| My shroud of flesh obscures thy deity | B |
| So thy sweet Spirit that should embolden me | B |
| To shake my wings out wide serves me for nought | B |
| But receives tarnish vile dishonour wrought | B |
| By that thou earnest to bless O agony | B |
| And unendurable shame that loving thee | B |
| I dare not love fearing my poisonous thought | B |
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| Man is too vile for any such high grace | C |
| For that he seeks to honour he can but mar | D |
| So had I rather shun thy starry face | C |
| And fly the exultation to know thee near | E |
| For if one glance from me wrought thee a scar | D |
| 'Twould not be death but life that I should fear | E |
Maurice Henry Hewlett
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