A Cruel Mistress. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDEFFGGHIJJKK| We read of kings and gods that kindly took | A |
| A pitcher fill'd with water from the brook | A |
| But I have daily tender'd without thanks | B |
| Rivers of tears that overflow their banks | B |
| A slaughter'd bull will appease angry Jove | C |
| A horse the Sun a lamb the god of love | C |
| But she disdains the spotless sacrifice | D |
| Of a pure heart that at her altar lies | E |
| Vesta is not displeased if her chaste urn | F |
| Do with repaired fuel ever burn | F |
| But my saint frowns though to her honour'd name | G |
| I consecrate a never dying flame | G |
| Th' Assyrian king did none i' th' furnace throw | H |
| But those that to his image did not bow | I |
| With bended knees I daily worship her | J |
| Yet she consumes her own idolater | J |
| Of such a goddess no times leave record | K |
| That burnt the temple where she was adored | K |
Thomas Carew
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