Epitaph For Maria Wentworth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAA BBB CDC EEE FFF GGG HHH| And here the precious dust is laid | A |
| Whose purely temper'd clay was made | A |
| So fine that it the guest betray'd | A |
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| Else the soul grew so fast within | B |
| It broke the outward shell of sin | B |
| And so was hatch'd a cherubin | B |
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| In height it soar'd to God above | C |
| In depth it did to knowledge move | D |
| And spread in breadth to general love | C |
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| Before a pious duty shin'd | E |
| To parents courtesy behind | E |
| On either side an equal mind | E |
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| Good to the poor to kindred dear | F |
| To servants kind to friendship clear | F |
| To nothing but herself severe | F |
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| So though a virgin yet a bride | G |
| To ev'ry grace she justified | G |
| A chaste polygamy and died | G |
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| Learn from hence reader what small trust | H |
| We owe this world where virtue must | H |
| Frail as our flesh crumble to dust | H |
Thomas Carew
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