By Philemon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABACCDEFFAA| Oft we embrace our ills by discontent | A |
| And give them bulk beyond what nature meant | A |
| A parent brother friend deceased to cry | B |
| 'He's dead indeed but he was born to die' | A |
| Such temperate grief is suited to the size | C |
| And burden of the loss is just and wise | C |
| But to exclaim 'Ah wherefore was I born | D |
| Thus to be left forever thus forlorn ' | E |
| Who thus laments his loss invites distress | F |
| And magnifies a woe that might be less | F |
| Through dull despondence to his lot resign'd | A |
| And leaving reason's remedy behind | A |
William Cowper
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