To The Reverend Shade Of His Religious Father Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEEFFDDGGHH| That for seven lusters I did never come | A |
| To do the rites to thy religious tomb | B |
| That neither hair was cut or true tears shed | C |
| By me o'er thee as justments to the dead | C |
| Forgive forgive me since I did not know | D |
| Whether thy bones had here their rest or no | D |
| But now 'tis known behold behold I bring | E |
| Unto thy ghost th' effused offering | E |
| And look what smallage night shade cypress yew | F |
| Unto the shades have been or now are due | F |
| Here I devote and something more than so | D |
| I come to pay a debt of birth I owe | D |
| Thou gav'st me life but mortal for that one | G |
| Favour I'll make full satisfaction | G |
| For my life mortal rise from out thy hearse | H |
| And take a life immortal from my verse | H |
Robert Herrick
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To The Reverend Shade Of His Religious Father is a poem by Robert Herrick. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.