Lines On Shakspeare Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGHIJKLMLL NONLCCLPLQLJRSTIL| Supposed To Be Written Near His Tomb | A |
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| Behold this marble tablet bears inscribed | B |
| The name of Shakspeare | C |
| What a glorious theme | D |
| For never ending praise His drama's page | E |
| Like a clear mirror to our wondering view | F |
| Displays the living image of the world | G |
| And all the different characters of men | H |
| Still in the varying scenes or sad or gay | I |
| We take a part we weep we laugh we feel | J |
| All the strong sympathies of real life | K |
| To him alone of mortals Fancy lent | L |
| Her magic wand potent to conjure up | M |
| Ideal Forms distinctly character'd | L |
| Exciting fear or wonder or delight | L |
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| The works of Shakspeare are they not a fane | N |
| Majestic as the canopy of heaven | O |
| Embracing all created things a fane | N |
| His superhuman genius has upraised | L |
| To Nature consecrate The Goddess there | C |
| For ever dwells and from her sanctuary | C |
| By Shakspeare's voice her poet and high priest | L |
| Reveals her awful mysteries to man | P |
| And with her power divine rules every heart | L |
| At Shakspeare's name then bow down all ye sons | Q |
| Of learning and of art ye men endow'd | L |
| With talent taste ye nobler few who feel | J |
| The genuine glow of genius bow down all | R |
| In admiration with deep feeling own | S |
| Your littleness your insignificance | T |
| And with one general voice due homage pay | I |
| To Nature's Poet Fancy's best loved Child | L |
Thomas Oldham
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