To Sir George Parry, Doctor Of The Civil Law Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAB CCD EEE FFF| I have my laurel chaplet on my head | A |
| If 'mongst these many numbers to be read | A |
| But one by you be hugg'd and cherished | B |
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| Peruse my measures thoroughly and where | C |
| Your judgment finds a guilty poem there | C |
| Be you a judge but not a judge severe | D |
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| The mean pass by or over none contemn | E |
| The good applaud the peccant less condemn | E |
| Since absolution you can give to them | E |
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| Stand forth brave man here to the public sight | F |
| And in my book now claim a twofold right | F |
| The first as doctor and the last as knight | F |
Robert Herrick
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