A Dirge Upon The Death Of The Right Valiant Lord, Bernard Stuart. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CCDEFF GHIICC JJFKLL CC| Hence hence profane soft silence let us have | A |
| While we this trental sing about thy grave | B |
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| Had wolves or tigers seen but thee | C |
| They would have showed civility | C |
| And in compassion of thy years | D |
| Washed those thy purple wounds with tears | E |
| But since thou'rt slain and in thy fall | F |
| The drooping kingdom suffers all | F |
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| Chor This we will do we'll daily come | G |
| And offer tears upon thy tomb | H |
| And if that they will not suffice | I |
| Thou shall have souls for sacrifice | I |
| Sleep in thy peace while we with spice perfume thee | C |
| And cedar wash thee that no times consume thee | C |
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| Live live thou dost and shall for why | J |
| Souls do not with their bodies die | J |
| Ignoble offsprings they may fall | F |
| Into the flames of funeral | K |
| Whenas the chosen seed shall spring | L |
| Fresh and for ever flourishing | L |
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| Chor And times to come shall weeping read thy glory | C |
| Less in these marble stones than in thy story | C |
Robert Herrick
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