A Litany In Time Of Plague Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDE FFGGDDE HHIIDDE JJKKDDE EEHLDDE MMNODDE| Adieu farewell earth's bliss | A |
| This world uncertain is | B |
| Fond are life's lustful joys | C |
| Death proves them all but toys | C |
| None from his darts can fly | D |
| I am sick I must die | D |
| Lord have mercy on us | E |
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| Rich men trust not in wealth | F |
| Gold cannot buy you health | F |
| Physic himself must fade | G |
| All things to end are made | G |
| The plague full swift goes by | D |
| I am sick I must die | D |
| Lord have mercy on us | E |
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| Beauty is but a flower | H |
| Which wrinkles will devour | H |
| Brightness falls from the air | I |
| Queens have died young and fair | I |
| Dust hath closed Helen's eye | D |
| I am sick I must die | D |
| Lord have mercy on us | E |
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| Strength stoops unto the grave | J |
| Worms feed on Hector brave | J |
| Swords may not fight with fate | K |
| Earth still holds open her gate | K |
| Come come the bells do cry | D |
| I am sick I must die | D |
| Lord have mercy on us | E |
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| Wit with his wantonness | E |
| Tasteth death's bitterness | E |
| Hell's executioner | H |
| Hath no ears for to hear | L |
| What vain art can reply | D |
| I am sick I must die | D |
| Lord have mercy on us | E |
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| Haste therefore each degree | M |
| To welcome destiny | M |
| Heaven is our heritage | N |
| Earth but a player's stage | O |
| Mount we unto the sky | D |
| I am sick I must die | D |
| Lord have mercy on us | E |
Thomas Nashe
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