Sonnets: Idea Xxx To The Vestals Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEBFBCC| Those priests which first the vestal fire begun | A |
| Which might be borrowed from no earthly flame | B |
| Devised a vessel to receive the sun | A |
| Being stedfastly oppos d to the same | B |
| Where with sweet wood laid curiously by art | C |
| On which the sun might by reflection beat | D |
| Receiving strength for every secret part | C |
| The fuel kindled with celestial heat | D |
| Thy bless d eyes the sun which lights this fire | E |
| My holy thoughts they be the vestal flame | B |
| Thy precious odours be my chaste desires | F |
| My breast's the vessel which includes the same | B |
| Thou art my Vesta thou my goddess art | C |
| Thy hallowed temple only is my heart | C |
Michael Drayton
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