Lines, Composed For A Memorial Of Ashley Cowper, Esq. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDE FFEE| Farewell endued with all that could engage | A |
| All hearts to love thee both in youth and age | A |
| In prime of life for sprightliness enrolled | B |
| Among the gay yet virtuous as the old | B |
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| In life's last stage O blessings rarely found | C |
| Pleasant as youth with all its blossoms crowned | C |
| Through every period of this changeful state | D |
| Unchanged thyself wise good affectionate | E |
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| Marble may flatter and lest this should seem | F |
| O'ercharged with praises on so dear a theme | F |
| Although thy worth be more than half supprest | E |
| Love shal be satisfied and veil the rest | E |
William Cowper
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