To The Viriginian Voyage Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCCAB DCEEDC FGHHFG HHIIJH FKEEFK LHMNLH OOPPOE EQHHEQ FLLLFL FRBBFR HFFFFF PPBBPP

You braue Heroique mindsA
Worthy your Countries NameB
That Honour still pursueC
Goe and subdueC
Whilst loyt'ring HindsA
Lurke here at home with shameB
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Britans you stay too longD
Quickly aboard bestow youC
And with a merry GaleE
Swell your stretch'd SayleE
With Vowes as strongD
As the Winds that blow youC
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Your Course securely steereF
West and by South forth keepeG
Rocks Lee shores nor SholesH
When EOLVS scowlesH
You need not feareF
So absolute the DeepeG
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And cheerefully at SeaH
Successe you still inticeH
To get the Pearle and GoldI
And ours to holdI
VIRGINIAJ
Earth's onely ParadiseH
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Where Nature hath in storeF
Fowle Venison and FishK
And the Fruitfull'st SoyleE
Without your ToyleE
Three Haruests moreF
All greater then your WishK
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And the ambitious VineL
Crownes with his purple MasseH
The cedar reaching hieM
To kisse the SkyN
The Cypresse PineL
And vse full SassafrasH
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To whome the golden AgeO
Still Natures lawes doth giueO
No other Cares that tendP
But Them to defendP
From Winters rageO
That long there doth not liueE
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When as the Lushious smellE
Of that delicious LandQ
Aboue the Seas that flowesH
The cleere Wind throwesH
Your Hearts to swellE
Approaching the deare StrandeQ
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In kenning of the ShoreF
Thanks to God first giuenL
O you the happy'st menL
Be Frolike thenL
Let Cannons roareF
Frighting the wide HeauenL
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And in Regions farreF
Such Heroes bring yee foorthR
As those from whom We cameB
And plant Our nameB
Vnder that StarreF
Not knowne vnto our NorthR
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And as there Plenty growesH
Of Lawrell euery whereF
APOLLO'S Sacred treeF
You may it seeF
A Poets BrowesF
To crowne that may sing thereF
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Thy Voyages attendP
Industrious HACKLVITP
Whose Reading shall inflameB
Men to seeke FameB
And much commendP
To after Times thy WitP

Michael Drayton



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