His Winding-sheet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFGHIJJKKLL BBMNOOPPBBQQRRSSTTOO UUVWXXHI| Come thou who are the wine and wit | A |
| Of all I've writ | A |
| The grace the glory and the best | B |
| Piece of the rest | B |
| Thou art of what I did intend | C |
| The all and end | C |
| And what was made was made to meet | D |
| Thee thee my sheet | D |
| Come then and be to my chaste side | E |
| Both bed and bride | E |
| We two as reliques left will have | F |
| Once rest one grave | G |
| And hugging close we will not fear | H |
| Lust entering here | I |
| Where all desires are dead and cold | J |
| As is the mould | J |
| And all affections are forgot | K |
| Or trouble not | K |
| Here here the slaves and prisoners be | L |
| From shackles free | L |
| And weeping widows long oppress'd | B |
| Do here find rest | B |
| The wrong egrave d client ends his laws | M |
| Here and his cause | N |
| Here those long suits of Chancery lie | O |
| Quiet or die | O |
| And all Star Chamber bills do cease | P |
| Or hold their peace | P |
| Here needs no Court for our Request | B |
| Where all are best | B |
| All wise all equal and all just | Q |
| Alike i' th' dust | Q |
| Nor need we here to fear the frown | R |
| Of court or crown | R |
| Where fortune bears no sway o'er things | S |
| There all are kings | S |
| In this securer place we'll keep | T |
| As lull'd asleep | T |
| Or for a little time we'll lie | O |
| As robes laid by | O |
| To be another day re worn | U |
| Turn'd but not torn | U |
| Or like old testaments engross'd | V |
| Lock'd up not lost | W |
| And for a while lie here conceal'd | X |
| To be reveal'd | X |
| Next at the great Platonick year | H |
| And then meet here | I |
Robert Herrick
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