Elegy Ii. On The Death Of The University Beadle At Cambridge.[1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDD EFEFGG HIHIJJ KLMLNN OPOPQQ| Thee whose refulgent staff and summons clear | A |
| Minerva's flock longtime was wont t'obey | B |
| Although thyself an herald famous here | C |
| The last of heralds Death has snatch'd away | B |
| He calls on all alike nor even deigns | D |
| To spare the office that himself sustains | D |
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| Thy locks were whiter than the plumes display'd | E |
| By Leda's paramour in ancient time | F |
| But thou wast worthy ne'er to have decay'd | E |
| Or Aeson like to know a second prime | F |
| Worthy for whom some Goddess should have won | G |
| New life oft kneeling to Apollo's son | G |
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| Commission'd to convene with hasty call | H |
| The gowned tribes how graceful wouldst thou stand | I |
| So stood Cyllenius erst in Priam's hall | H |
| Wing footed messenger of Jove's command | I |
| And so Eurybates when he address'd | J |
| To Peleus' son Atrides' proud behest | J |
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| Dread Queen of sepulchres whose rig'rous laws | K |
| And watchful eyes run through the realms below | L |
| Oh oft too adverse to Minerva's cause | M |
| Too often to the Muse not less a foe | L |
| Chose meaner marks and with more equal aim | N |
| Pierce useless drones earth's burthen and its shame | N |
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| Flow therefore tears for Him from ev'ry eye | O |
| All ye disciples of the Muses weep | P |
| Assembling all in robes of sable dye | O |
| Around his bier lament his endless sleep | P |
| And let complaining Elegy rehearse | Q |
| In every School her sweetest saddest verse | Q |
William Cowper
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