To The Most Learned, Wise, And Arch-antiquary, M. John Selden Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDEFFGH| I who have favour'd many come to be | A |
| Grac'd now at last or glorified by thee | A |
| Lo I the lyric prophet who have set | B |
| On many a head the delphic coronet | B |
| Come unto thee for laurel having spent | C |
| My wreaths on those who little gave or lent | C |
| Give me the daphne that the world may know it | D |
| Whom they neglected thou hast crown'd a poet | E |
| A city here of heroes I have made | F |
| Upon the rock whose firm foundation laid | F |
| Shall never shrink where making thine abode | G |
| Live thou a Selden that's a demi god | H |
Robert Herrick
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