In Time Of Pestilence Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDE FFGGDDE HHIIDDE JJKKDDE EEHLDDE MMNODDEAdieu 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 ope 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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