Proverbs Of Hell Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKGLMNHOPGQ RSSSSTUVWXYSZA2B2ZOC 2GRZOD2RGE2F2MG2GZGZ ZH2I2J2ZZZRF2ZZG2K2L 2RZM2| In seed time learn in harvest teach in winter enjoy | A |
| Drive your cart and your plow over the bones of the dead | B |
| The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom | C |
| Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity | D |
| He who desires but acts not breeds pestilence | E |
| The cut worm forgives the plow | F |
| Dip him in the river who loves water | G |
| A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees | H |
| He whose face gives no light shall never become a star | I |
| Eternity is in love with the productions of time | J |
| The busy bee has no time for sorrow | K |
| The hours of folly are measur'd by the clock but of wisdom no clock can measure | G |
| All wholesome food is caught without a net or a trap | L |
| Bring out number weight and measure in a year of dearth | M |
| No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings | N |
| A dead body revenges not injuries | H |
| The most sublime act is to set another before you | O |
| If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise | P |
| Folly is the cloak of knavery | G |
| Shame is Pride's cloke | Q |
| Prisons are built with stones of law brothels with bricks of religion | R |
| The pride of the peacock is the glory of God | S |
| The lust of the goat is the bounty of God | S |
| The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God | S |
| The nakedness of woman is the work of God | S |
| Excess of sorrow laughs Excess of joy weeps | T |
| The roaring of lions the howling of wolves the raging of the stormy sea and the destructive sword are portions of eternity too great for the eye of man | U |
| The fox condemns the trap not himself | V |
| Joys impregnate Sorrows bring forth | W |
| Let man wear the fell of the lion woman the fleece of the sheep | X |
| The bird a nest the spider a web man friendship | Y |
| The selfish smiling fool and the sullen frowning fool shall be both thought wise that they may be a rod | S |
| What is now proved was once only imagin'd | Z |
| The rat the mouse the fox the rabbit watch the roots the lion the tyger the horse the elephant watch the fruits | A2 |
| The cistern contains the fountain overflows | B2 |
| One thought fills immensity | Z |
| Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you | O |
| Every thing possible to be believ'd is an image of truth | C2 |
| The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow | G |
| The fox provides for himself but God provides for the lion | R |
| Think in the morning Act in the noon Eat in the evening Sleep in the night | Z |
| He who has suffer'd you to impose on him knows you | O |
| As the plow follows words so God rewards prayers | D2 |
| The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction | R |
| Expect poison from the standing water | G |
| You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough | E2 |
| Listen to the fool's reproach it is a kingly title | F2 |
| The eyes of fire the nostrils of air the mouth of water the beard of earth | M |
| The weak in courage is strong in cunning | G2 |
| The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow nor the lion the horse how he shall take his prey | G |
| The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest | Z |
| If others had not been foolish we should be so | G |
| The soul of sweet delight can never be defil'd | Z |
| When thou seest an eagle thou seest a portion of genius lift up thy head | Z |
| As the caterpiller chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys | H2 |
| To create a little flower is the labour of ages | I2 |
| Damn braces Bless relaxes | J2 |
| The best wine is the oldest the best water the newest | Z |
| Prayers plow not Praises reap not | Z |
| Joys laugh not Sorrows weep not | Z |
| The head Sublime the heart Pathos the genitals Beauty the hands and feet Proportion | R |
| As the air to a bird or the sea to a fish so is contempt to the contemptible | F2 |
| The crow wish'd every thing was black the owl that every thing was white | Z |
| Exuberance is Beauty | Z |
| If the lion was advised by the fox he would be cunning | G2 |
| Improvement makes strait roads but the crooked roads without improvement are roads of genius | K2 |
| Sooner murder an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires | L2 |
| Where man is not nature is barren | R |
| Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believ'd | Z |
| Enough or too much | M2 |
William Blake
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