On Happienesse Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAAABBCCCCCDD| MAIE Selynesse on erthes boundes bee hadde | A |
| Maie yt adyghte yn human shape bee founde | A |
| Wote yee ytt was wyth Edin's bower bestadde | A |
| Or quite eraced from the scaunce layd grounde | A |
| Whan from the secret fontes the waterres dyd abounde | A |
| Does yt agrosed shun the bodyed waulke | B |
| Lyve to ytself and to yttes ecchoe taulke | B |
| All hayle Contente thou mayde of turtle eyne | C |
| As thie behoulders thynke thou arte iwreene | C |
| To ope the dore to Selynesse ys thyne | C |
| And Chrystis glorie doth upponne thee sheene | C |
| Doer of the foule thynge ne hath thee seene | C |
| In caves ynn wodes ynn woe and dole distresse | D |
| Whoere hath thee hath gotten Selynesse | D |
Thomas Chatterton
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Rashid Baloch: what is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men.
W. Blake
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