My Mind To Me A Kingdom Is Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDE FGFHII JIJIKL MNMOPP QRQRSS TUTTHH| My mind to me a kingdom is | A |
| Such perfect joy therein I find | B |
| That it excels all other bliss | C |
| Which God or nature hath assign'd | B |
| Though much I want that most would have | D |
| Yet still my mind forbids to crave | E |
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| No princely port nor wealthy store | F |
| No force to win a victory | G |
| No wily wit to salve a sore | F |
| No shape to win a loving eye | H |
| To none of these I yield as thrall | I |
| For why my mind despise them all | I |
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| I see that plenty surfeit oft | J |
| And hasty climbers soonest fall | I |
| I see that such as are aloft | J |
| Mishap doth threaten most of all | I |
| These get with toil and keep with fear | K |
| Such cares my mind can never bear | L |
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| I press to bear no haughty sway | M |
| I wish no more than may suffice | N |
| I do no more than well I may | M |
| Look what I want my mind supplies | O |
| Lo thus I triumph like a king | P |
| My mind content with anything | P |
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| I laugh not at another's loss | Q |
| Nor grudge not at another's gain | R |
| No worldly waves my mind can toss | Q |
| I brook that is another's bane | R |
| I fear no foe nor fawn on friend | S |
| I loathe not life nor dread mine end | S |
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| My wealth is health and perfect ease | T |
| And conscience clear my chief defence | U |
| I never seek by bribes to please | T |
| Nor by desert to give offence | T |
| Thus do I live thus will I die | H |
| Would all did so as well as I | H |
Sir Edward Dyer
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