Poet William Cowper

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On The Late Indecent Liberties Taken With The Remains Of Milton Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEFE GHGH IJIJ KLKL JJJJ

Me too perchance in future daysA
The sculptured stone shall showB
With Paphian myrtle or with baysA
Parnassian on my browC
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But I or e'er that season comeD
Escaped from every careE
Shall reach my refuge in the tombF
And sleep securely thereE
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So sang in Roman tone and styleG
The youthful bard ere longH
Ordained to grace his native isleG
With her sublimest songH
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Who then but must conceive disdainI
Hearing the deed unblestJ
Of wretches who have dared profaneI
His dread sepulchral restJ
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Ill fare the hands that heaved the stonesK
Where Milton's ashes layL
That trembled not to grasp his bonesK
And steal his dust awayL
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O ill requited bard neglectJ
Thy living worth repaidJ
And blind idolatrous respectJ
As much affronts thee deadJ

William Cowper



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