From Earth To Heaven Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEFDD D| Leave me O love which reachest but to dust | A |
| And thou my mind aspire to higher things | B |
| Grow rich in that which never taketh rust | A |
| Whatever fades but fading pleasure brings | B |
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| Draw in thy beams and humble all thy might | C |
| To that sweet yoke where lasting freedoms be | D |
| Which breaks the clouds and opens forth the light | C |
| That doth both shine and give us sight to see | D |
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| O take fast hold let that light be thy guide | E |
| In this small course which birth draws out to death | F |
| And think how evil becometh him to slide | E |
| Who seeketh heaven and comes from heavenly breath | F |
| Then farewell world thy uttermost I see | D |
| Eternal Love maintain thy life in me | D |
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| SPLENDIDIS LONGUM VALEDICO NUGIS | D |
Philip Sidney (sir)
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