Sonet 30 To The Vestalls Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCCDBDBCC| Those Priests which first the Vestall fire begun | A |
| Which might be borrowed from no earthly flame | B |
| Deuisd a vessell to receiue the sunne | A |
| Beeing stedfastly opposed to the same | B |
| Where with sweet wood laid curiously by Art | C |
| Whereon the sunne might by reflection beate | C |
| Receiuing strength from euery secret part | C |
| The fuell kindled with celestiall heate | C |
| Thy blessed eyes the sunne which lights this fire | D |
| My holy thoughts they be the Vestall flame | B |
| The precious odors be my chast desire | D |
| My breast the fuell which includes the same | B |
| Thou art my Vesta thou my Goddesse art | C |
| Thy hollowed Temple onely is my hart | C |
Michael Drayton
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