From Menander Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFG HIHJ KLKL| Fond youth who dream'st that hoarded gold | A |
| Is needful not alone to pay | B |
| For all thy various items sold | A |
| To serve the wants of every day | B |
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| Bread vinegar and oil and meat | C |
| For savory viands season'd high | D |
| But somewhat more important yet | E |
| I tell thee what it cannot buy | D |
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| No treasure hadst thou more amass'd | F |
| Than fame to Tantalus assign'd | G |
| Would save thee from a tomb at last | F |
| But thou must leave it all behind | G |
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| I give thee therefore counsel wise | H |
| Confide not vainly in thy store | I |
| However large much less despise | H |
| Others comparatively poor | J |
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| But in thy more exalted state | K |
| A just and equal temper show | L |
| That all who see thee rich and great | K |
| May deem thee worthy to be so | L |
William Cowper
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