On The Gunpowder Plot.[1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABACAAA D DAEAFGAAFB D DAEAEAABBAEA D AEBA B EEHH| Cum simul in regem nuper satrapasque Britannos | A |
| Ausus es infandum perfide Fauxe nefas | A |
| Fallor an mitis voluisti ex parte videri | B |
| Et pensare mala cum pietate scelus | A |
| Scilicet hos alti missurus ad atria caeli | C |
| Sulphureo curru flammivolisque rotis | A |
| Qualiter ille feris caput inviolabile Parcis | A |
| Liquit Jordanios turbine raptus agros | A |
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| Another on the Same | D |
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| Siccine tentasti caelo donasse Jacobum | D |
| Quae septemgemino Bellua monte lates | A |
| Ni meliora tuum poterit dare munera numen | E |
| Parce precor donis insidiosa tuis | A |
| Ille quidem sine te consortia serus adivit | F |
| Astra nec inferni pulveris usus ope | G |
| Sic potius foedus in caelum pelle cucullos | A |
| Et quot habet brutos Roma profana Deos | A |
| Namque hac aut alia quemque adjuveris arte | F |
| Crede mihi caeli vix bene scandet iter | B |
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| Another on the Same | D |
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| Purgatorem animae derisit Jacobus ignem | D |
| Et sine quo superum non adeunda domus | A |
| Frenduit hoc trina monstrum Latiale corona | E |
| Movit horrificum cornua dena minax | A |
| Et nec inultus ait temnes mea sacra Britanne | E |
| Supplicium spreta relligione dabis | A |
| Et si stelligeras unquam penetraveris arces | A |
| Non nisi per flammas triste patebit iter | B |
| O quam funesto cecinisti proxima vero | B |
| Verbaque ponderibus vix caritura suis | A |
| Nam prope Tartareo sublime rotatus ab igni | E |
| Ibat ad aethereas umbra perusta plagas | A |
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| Another on the Same | D |
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| Quem modo Roma suis devoverat impia diris | A |
| Et Styge damnarat Taenarioque sinu | E |
| Hunc vice mutata jam tollere gestit ad astra | B |
| Et cupit ad superos evehere usque Deos | A |
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| On the Inventor of Gunpowder | B |
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| Praise in old time the sage Prometheus won | E |
| Who stole ethereal radiance from the sun | E |
| But greater he whose bold invention strove | H |
| To emulate the fiery bolts of Jove | H |
William Cowper
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