On The Burning Of Lord Mansfield's Library Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGHI GJI| On the Burning of Lord Mansfield's Library Together with his MSS by the Mob in the Month of June | A |
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| So then the Vandals of our isle | B |
| Sworn foes to sense and law | C |
| Have burnt to dust a nobler pile | B |
| Than ever Roman saw | C |
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| And Murray sighs o'er Pope and Swift | D |
| And many a treasure more | E |
| The well judged purchase and the gift | D |
| That graced his lettered store | E |
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| Their | F |
| pages mangled burnt and torn | G |
| The loss was | H |
| his alone | I |
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| But ages yet to come shall mourn | G |
| The burning of | J |
| his own | I |
William Cowper
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