A Comparison Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEEFGHH

The lapse of time and rivers is the sameA
Both speed their journey with a restless streamB
The silent pace with which they steal awayC
No wealth can bribe no prayers persuade to stayC
Alike irrevocable both when pastD
And a wide ocean swallows both at lastD
Though each resemble each in every partE
A difference strikes at length the musing heartE
Streams never flow in vain where streams aboundF
How laughs the land with various plenty crown dG
But time that should enrich the nobler mindH
Neglected leaves a dreary waste behindH

William Cowper



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