Noah's Flood (excerpts) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDD EEAAFF AAAAFGHHAA| Eternal and all working God which wast | A |
| Before the world whose frame by Thee was cast | A |
| And beautified with beamful lamps above | B |
| By thy great wisdom set how they should move | C |
| To guide the seasons equally to all | D |
| Which come and go as they do rise and fall | D |
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| My mighty Maker O do thou infuse | E |
| Such life and spirit into my labouring Muse | E |
| That I may sing what but from Noah thou hid'st | A |
| The greatest thing that ever yet thou didst | A |
| Since the creation that the world may see | F |
| The Muse is heavenly and deriv'd from Thee | F |
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| O let Thy glorious Angel which since kept | A |
| That gorgeous Eden where once Adam slept | A |
| When tempting Eve was taken from his side | A |
| Let him great God not only be my guide | A |
| But with his fiery faucheon still be nie | F |
| To keep affliction far from me that I | G |
| With a free soul thy wondrous works may show | H |
| Then like that deluge shall my numbers flow | H |
| Telling the state wherein the earth then stood | A |
| The giant race the universal flood | A |
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Michael Drayton
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