Sonnet Xxiii: Time, Cruel Time Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCBDBBEBEFF| Time cruel Time come and subdue that brow | A |
| Which conquers all but thee and thee too stays | B |
| As if she were exempt from scythe or bow | A |
| From love or years unsubject to decays | B |
| Or art thou grown in league with those fair eyes | C |
| That they may help thee to consume our days | B |
| Or dost thou spare her for her cruelties | D |
| Being merciless like thee that no man weighs | B |
| And yet thou seest thy power she disobeys | B |
| Cares not for thee but lets thee waste in vain | E |
| And prodigal of hours and years betrays | B |
| Beauty and youth t'opinion and disdain | E |
| Yet spare her Time let her exempted be | F |
| She may become more kind to thee or me | F |
Samuel Daniel
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