Thou Gaudy Idle World Adieu Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAACDEADEFGHGGIGIJA JAAKAK| Thou Gaudy Idle world adieu | A |
| all thy tinsell Joys | B |
| I lovd thee dearly once tis true | A |
| But since a better choice I knew | A |
| Ive made that better choice | C |
| My wishes mount above the sky | D |
| Upon the wings of faith | E |
| My soul shall follow when I dy | A |
| For much I doubt if bodys fly | D |
| What ever Asgill saith | E |
| All things are fickle here below | F |
| How ere above they be | G |
| If I had not left thee now | H |
| Thy pleasures had left me | G |
| Count but the changes Memory | G |
| Which your short time has known | I |
| This is the third King which you see | G |
| Upon the English throne | I |
| The Irish who by Williams reign | J |
| Were run so much aground | A |
| Do by the Trust confound it Gain | J |
| three hundred thousand pound | A |
| My acquaintance wonder not | A |
| When you my change discover | K |
| Ev'n Methwin has a prayr book bought | A |
| 'Gainst Rochester comes over | K |
Thomas Parnell
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