The Poet's Good Wishes For The Most Hopeful And Handsome Prince, The Duke Of York Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGHBIJKLL| May his pretty dukeship grow | A |
| Like t'a rose of Jericho | A |
| Sweeter far than ever yet | B |
| Showers or sunshines could beget | B |
| May the Graces and the Hours | C |
| Strew his hopes and him with flowers | C |
| And so dress him up with love | D |
| As to be the chick of Jove | D |
| May the thrice three sisters sing | E |
| Him the sovereign of their spring | E |
| And entitle none to be | F |
| Prince of Helicon but he | F |
| May his soft foot where it treads | G |
| Gardens thence produce and meads | H |
| And those meadows full be set | B |
| With the rose and violet | I |
| May his ample name be known | J |
| To the last succession | K |
| And his actions high be told | L |
| Through the world but writ in gold | L |
Robert Herrick
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