To The Right Gracious Prince, Lodowick, Duke Of Richmond And Lennox Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDEFGHIJJKLMM| Of all those three brave brothers fall'n i' th' war | A |
| Not without glory noble sir you are | B |
| Despite of all concussions left the stem | C |
| To shoot forth generations like to them | C |
| Which may be done if sir you can beget | D |
| Men in their substance not in counterfeit | E |
| Such essences as those three brothers known | F |
| Eternal by their own production | G |
| Of whom from fame's white trumpet this I'll tell | H |
| Worthy their everlasting chronicle | I |
| Never since first Bellona us'd a shield | J |
| Such three brave brothers fell in Mars his field | J |
| These were those three Horatii Rome did boast | K |
| Rome's were these three Horatii we have lost | L |
| One C oe ur de Lion had that age long since | M |
| This three which three you make up four brave prince | M |
Robert Herrick
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