An Epigram Addressed To The Gentlemen Reflected On In The Rosciad, A Poem, By The Author Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAB CCDDDDEAA| Worried with debts and past all hopes of bail | A |
| His pen he prostitutes t' avoid a gaol | A |
| ROSCOM | B |
| - | |
| - | |
| Let not the 'hungry' Bavius' angry stroke | C |
| Awake resentment or your rage provoke | C |
| But pitying his distress let virtue shine | D |
| And giving each your bounty 'let him dine' | D |
| For thus retain'd as learned counsel can | D |
| Each case however bad he'll new japan | D |
| And by a quick transition plainly show | E |
| 'Twas no defect of yours but 'pocket low' | A |
| That caused his 'putrid kennel' to o'erflow | A |
Oliver Goldsmith
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