Sonnet Xlv: Delia, These Eyes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCACADEDEAA| Delia these eyes that so admireth thine | A |
| Have seen those walls the which ambition rear'd | B |
| To check the world how they entomb'd have lyen | A |
| Within themselves and on them plows have ear'd | B |
| Yet for all that no barbarous hand attain'd | C |
| The spoil of fame deserv'd by virtuous men | A |
| Whose glorious actions luckily had gain'd | C |
| Th'eternal Annals of a happier pen | A |
| Why then though Delia fade let that not move her | D |
| Though Time do spoil her of the fairest veil | E |
| That ever yet mortality did cover | D |
| Which shall enstar the needle and the trail | E |
| That grace that virtue all that serv'd t' enwoman | A |
| Doth her unto eternity assummon | A |
Samuel Daniel
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