To Julia, The Flaminica Dialis Or Queen-priest Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFCCBB| Thou know'st my Julia that it is thy turn | A |
| This morning's incense to prepare and burn | A |
| The chaplet and Inarculum here be | B |
| With the white vestures all attending thee | B |
| This day the queen priest thou art made t' appease | C |
| Love for our very many trespasses | C |
| One chief transgression is among the rest | D |
| Because with flowers her temple was not dressed | D |
| The next because her altars did not shine | E |
| With daily fires the last neglect of wine | E |
| For which her wrath is gone forth to consume | F |
| Us all unless preserv'd by thy perfume | F |
| Take then thy censer put in fire and thus | C |
| O pious priestess make a peace for us | C |
| For our neglect Love did our death decree | B |
| That we escape Redemption comes by thee | B |
Robert Herrick
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