Ode To Peace Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDEFFE GGHIJK LMNOON| Come peace of mind delightful guest | A |
| Return and make thy downy nest | A |
| Once more in this sad heart | B |
| Nor riches I nor power pursue | C |
| Nor hold forbidden joys in view | C |
| We therefore need not part | B |
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| Where wilt thou dwell if not with me | D |
| From avarice and ambition free | D |
| And pleasure's fatal wiles | E |
| For whom alas dost thou prepare | F |
| The sweets that I was wont to share | F |
| The banquet of thy smiles | E |
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| The great the gay shall they partake | G |
| The heaven that thou alone canst make | G |
| And wilt thou quit the stream | H |
| That murmurs through the dewy mead | I |
| The grove and the sequestered shed | J |
| To be a guest with them | K |
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| For thee I panted thee I prized | L |
| For thee I gladly sacrificed | M |
| Whate'er I loved before | N |
| And shall I see thee start away | O |
| And helpless hopeless hear thee say | O |
| Farewell we meet no more | N |
William Cowper
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