Lines Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CCDE FFGGHH| Written In A Copy Of The Poem On Princess Charlotte | A |
| Presented to Mrs D T | B |
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| Madam when sorrowing o'er the virtuous dead | C |
| The gentlest solace of the tears we shed | C |
| Is to surviving excellence to turn | D |
| And honour there those merits that we mourn | E |
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| The Muse whose hand fair Brunswick's ashes strew | F |
| With votive flowers would weave a wreath for You | F |
| But living worth forbids th' applausive lay | G |
| Therefore repressing all respect would say | G |
| She proffers silently her simple strain | H |
| If you approve she has not toil'd in vain | H |
Thomas Gent
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