On The Death Of Mr. Robert Levet, A Practiser In Physic Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IEIE BJBJ KLKL MEME NBNB| Condemn'd to Hope's delusive mine | A |
| As on we toil from day to day | B |
| By sudden blasts or slow decline | A |
| Our social comforts drop away | B |
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| Well tried through many a varying year | C |
| See Levet to the grave descend | D |
| Officious innocent sincere | C |
| Of every friendless name the friend | D |
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| Yet still he fills affection's eye | E |
| Obscurely wise and coarsely kind | F |
| Nor letter'd Arrogance deny | E |
| Thy praise to merit unrefined | F |
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| When fainting nature call'd for aid | G |
| And hov'ring death prepared the blow | H |
| His vig'rous remedy display'd | G |
| The power of art without the show | H |
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| In Misery's darkest cavern known | I |
| His useful care was ever nigh | E |
| Where hopeless Anguish pour'd his groan | I |
| And lonely Want retired to die | E |
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| No summons mock'd by chill delay | B |
| No petty gain disdained by pride | J |
| The modest wants of every day | B |
| The toil of every day supplied | J |
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| His virtues walk'd their narrow round | K |
| Nor made a pause nor left a void | L |
| And sure th' Eternal Master found | K |
| The single talent well employ'd | L |
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| The busy day the peaceful night | M |
| Unfelt uncounted glided by | E |
| His frame was firm his powers were bright | M |
| Though now his eightieth year was nigh | E |
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| Then with no fiery throbbing pain | N |
| No cold gradations of decay | B |
| Death broke at once the vital chain | N |
| And freed his soul the nearest way | B |
Samuel Johnson
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